# libtmux::Buffer::sample

- **Module:** libtmux::Buffer
- **Package:** libtmux-cxx
- **Language:** C++
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-cxx/blob/393d4b0ad666f18a6581f1eb281741a75a7503f0/include/libtmux/entities.hpp#L962
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-buffer-sample-uygj/

```
libtmux::Buffer::sample() -> std::string_view
```

The opening of the contents, as tmux prints it in a listing.

Truncated, and with control characters rendered — `contents()` reads the bytes.