[dwm] piped input to dwm

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In my .xinitrc

   mkfifo $HOME/pipe
   echo "test"> $HOME/pipe &
   exec /usr/local/bin/dwm < $HOME/pipe

Then i open an xterm

   echo "test" > $HOME/pipe

"test" does not appear in the statusbar
What am I missing?


Wyrmskull