# libtmux::Buffer::contents

- **Module:** libtmux::Buffer
- **Package:** libtmux-cxx
- **Language:** C++
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-cxx/blob/393d4b0ad666f18a6581f1eb281741a75a7503f0/include/libtmux/entities.hpp#L973
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-buffer-contents/

```
libtmux::Buffer::contents() -> expected< std::string, CommandFailure >
```

The whole contents.

tmux prints them with no trailing newline, so what comes back is exactly what was put in.