$ echo a | gzip -c > f.gz
$ perl -e '
      use POSIX qw(dup2);
      $SIG{PIPE} = "DEFAULT";
      pipe my ($read_end, $write_end);
      dup2 fileno $write_end, 1;
      close $read_end;
      exec "cat", "f.gz", "f.gz";
  '

cat: f.gz: EPIPE: Broken pipe
cat: f.gz: EPIPE: Broken pipe

$ cat f.gz | false
cat: f.gz: EPIPE: Broken pipe

             // disable rust signal handlers (otherwise processes don't dump core after e.g. one SIGSEGV)
             #[cfg(unix)]
             uucore::disable_rust_signal_handlers().expect("Disabling rust signal handlers failed");
+            // When we receive a SIGPIPE signal, we want to terminate the process so
+            // that we don't print any error messages to stderr. Rust ignores SIGPIPE
+            // (see https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/62569), so we restore it's
+            // default action here.
+            #[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+            unsafe {
+                libc::signal(libc::SIGPIPE, libc::SIG_DFL);
+            }
             let result = uumain(args);
             match result {
                 Ok(()) => uucore::error::get_exit_code(),