# io.github.libtmux.TmuxFormats.TmuxFormats.literal

- **Module:** io.github.libtmux.TmuxFormats.TmuxFormats
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux
- **Language:** Java
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/842228310449e879ebcaa3f910597757c9dbffd6/libtmux/src/main/java/io/github/libtmux/TmuxFormats.java#L37
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-tmuxformats-tmuxformats-literal/

```
io.github.libtmux.TmuxFormats.TmuxFormats.literal(value: String) -> String
```

Makes one caller value literal at one construction boundary.

Doubling {@code #} is tmux's own escape for it, so the value arrives as itself.

## Parameters

- `value` (String): a value to be read as text rather than expanded

## Returns

the value with every {@code #} doubled