Python API

method libtmux latest

Server.show_buffer

Show content of a paste buffer via $ tmux show-buffer.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux.Server.show_buffer
Module: libtmux
Declared in: Server
Package: libtmux
Source: src/libtmux/server.py
Other languages: Perlmethod Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp RubyLuaTypeScriptRustGo Java C# C++ Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure

show_buffer (self, buffer_name: str | None = None) → str method [source] ¶

Examples#

>>> server.set_buffer('test_data')
>>> server.show_buffer()
'test_data'

Parameters

buffer_name (str | None) # – Name of the buffer (-b flag). Defaults to the most recent.

Returns

str Buffer content.

The tmux commands behind show_buffer.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Read a paste buffer's contents

Equivalents of Read a paste buffer's contents in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Ruby	`LibTmux::Server#read_buffer`
Lua	`libtmux.Server:show_buffer`
Erlang	`tmux_buffer:show/2`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`server.Server.showBuffer`
Rust	`server.Server.buffer`
Go	`tmux.Server.ShowBuffer`
Java	no equivalent on `Server`
C#	`LibTmux.TmuxBuffers.GetAsync`
C++	no equivalent on `Server`
Swift	`Server.buffer(named:)`
OCaml	No direct public OCaml equivalent is recorded for this operation.
Perl	`LibTmux::Server::show_buffer` Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes.

No equivalent is recorded in PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Common Lisp, Clojure, Kotlin, Scala or F#.