# libtmux.Server.show_buffer

- **Module:** libtmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Python
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux-python/libtmux/blob/38e368c11117fb4aeb2f082d552cd4f210eae06a/src/libtmux/server.py#L1843
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/py/stable/reference/libtmux-server-show_buffer/

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

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

Show content of a paste buffer via [`$ tmux show-buffer`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/show-buffer/).

## Examples

```python
>>> 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.

## In other ports

### Read a paste buffer's contents

- Ruby: [`LibTmux::Server#read_buffer`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-server-read_buffer/) (method)
- Lua: [`libtmux.Server:show_buffer`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-server-show_buffer/) (method)
- TypeScript: [`server.Server.showBuffer`](/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-showbuffer/) (method)
- Rust: [`server.Server.buffer`](/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-buffer/) (method)
- Go: [`tmux.Server.ShowBuffer`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-showbuffer/) (method)
- C#: [`LibTmux.TmuxBuffers.GetAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-tmuxbuffers-getasync/) (method)
- Swift: [`Server.buffer(named:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-buffer(named-)/) (method)