The first line of iostat(8) displays the stats from the time of the last reboot. Wouldn't it be more interesting to see the current stats in the bar, and therefore use the second line?
Index: x11/spectrwm/Makefile =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/ports/x11/spectrwm/Makefile,v retrieving revision 1.36 diff -u -p -u -p -r1.36 Makefile --- x11/spectrwm/Makefile 23 Jan 2021 18:34:17 -0000 1.36 +++ x11/spectrwm/Makefile 24 Jan 2021 13:05:45 -0000 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ GH_PROJECT= spectrwm GH_TAGNAME= SPECTRWM_${V:S/./_/g} DISTNAME= ${GH_PROJECT}-${V} -REVISION= 0 +REVISION= 1 SHARED_LIBS= swmhack 1.0 Index: x11/spectrwm/patches/patch-baraction_sh =================================================================== RCS file: x11/spectrwm/patches/patch-baraction_sh diff -N x11/spectrwm/patches/patch-baraction_sh --- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000 +++ x11/spectrwm/patches/patch-baraction_sh 24 Jan 2021 13:05:45 -0000 @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +$OpenBSD$ + +Index: baraction.sh +--- baraction.sh.orig ++++ baraction.sh +@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ print_bat() { + APM_DATA="" + I=0 + while :; do +- IOSTAT_DATA=`/usr/sbin/iostat -C | grep '[0-9]$'` ++ IOSTAT_DATA=`/usr/sbin/iostat -C -c 2 | tail -n 1 | grep '[0-9]$'` + if [ $I -eq 0 ]; then + APM_DATA=`/usr/sbin/apm -alb` + fi