# libtmux.Server.load_buffer

- **Module:** libtmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/38e368c11117fb4aeb2f082d552cd4f210eae06a/src/libtmux/server.py#L1935
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-server-load_buffer/

tmux command: [`load-buffer`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/load-buffer/)

```
libtmux.Server.load_buffer(
    self, path: StrPath, buffer_name: str | None = None
) -> None
```

Load a file into a paste buffer via [`$ tmux load-buffer`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/load-buffer/).

## Examples

```python
>>> import pathlib
>>> path = pathlib.Path(request.config.rootdir) / '..' / 'tmp_load.txt'
>>> _ = path.write_text('loaded')
>>> server.load_buffer(str(path), buffer_name='loaded_buf')
```

## Parameters

- `path` (`StrPath`): File path to load into the buffer.
- `buffer_name` (`str | None`): Name of the buffer (``-b`` flag).

## In other ports

### Fill a paste buffer from a file

- TypeScript: [`server.Server.loadBuffer`](/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-loadbuffer/) (method)
- Go: [`tmux.Server.LoadBuffer`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-loadbuffer/) (method)
- C#: [`LibTmux.TmuxBuffers.LoadAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-tmuxbuffers-loadasync/) (method)
- C++: [`libtmux::Server::load_buffer`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-server-load_buffer/) (method)
- Swift: [`Server.loadBuffer(from:named:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-loadbuffer(from-named-)/) (method)