# tmux.Server.ShowBuffer

- **Module:** tmux.Server
- **Package:** github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/tmux
- **Language:** Go
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-go/blob/52968a3181c1c9e6d1b26c565d4b170968ae61c0/tmux/server_buffers.go#L118
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-showbuffer/

```
tmux.Server.ShowBuffer(ctx: context.Context, name: *string) -> (string, error)
```

ShowBuffer returns one buffer using Python-compatible line reconstruction. The returned string is owned by the caller; nil Name selects tmux's most recent buffer. Completed stderr is an error.