diff -Nrup textutils-2.0.21.old/src/cat.c textutils-2.0.21.new/src/cat.c
--- textutils-2.0.21.old/src/cat.c	2001-12-01 17:29:26.000000000 +0000
+++ textutils-2.0.21.new/src/cat.c	2004-02-21 18:04:29.626361600 +0000
@@ -697,10 +697,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       file_open_mode |= O_BINARY;
       SET_BINARY (0);
 
+#ifndef __CYGWIN__
+      /* For Cygwin prefer default handling of text/binary on output */
       /* Setting stdin to binary switches the console device to
 	 raw I/O, which also affects stdout to console.  Undo that.  */
       if (isatty (STDOUT_FILENO))
 	setmode (STDOUT_FILENO, O_TEXT);
+#endif
     }
 #endif
 
@@ -727,6 +730,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	    {
 	      int tty_in = isatty (input_desc);
 
+#ifndef __CYGWIN__
+	      /* For Cygwin prefer default handling of text/binary 
+		 on output */
 	      /* If stdin is a terminal device, and it is the ONLY
 		 input file (i.e. we didn't write anything to the
 		 output yet), switch the output back to TEXT mode.
@@ -735,6 +741,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 	      if (tty_in && optind <= argc)
 		setmode (STDOUT_FILENO, O_TEXT);
 	      else
+#endif
 		{
 		  SET_BINARY (input_desc);
 # ifdef __DJGPP__