in reply to My fifo wtf.

You want cat (which echos its STDIN) for the child process, not echo (which echos its args).

Update: Added "for the child process" as per reply.

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Re^2: My fifo wtf.
by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Dec 18, 2008 at 16:58 UTC
    You should have specified that it is the second echo that should be replaced by cat.
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