# tmux_command:literal_format/1

- **Package:** libtmux_erlang
- **Language:** Erlang
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-erlang/blob/d1b6308440cf9eb8f6647e7ae434bce60e849368/apps/libtmux_erlang/src/tmux_command.erl#L389
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/erlang/latest/reference/tmux_command-literal_format-1/

```
literal_format(Value)
-spec literal_format(binary()) ->
                        {ok, binary()} | {error, map()}.
```

Quote a complete literal argument for tmux format expansion. This does not encode operands nested inside another format expression. Performs no I/O.

## Parameters

- `Value` (`binary()`)