# libtmux::Buffer::contents

- **Module:** libtmux::Buffer
- **Package:** libtmux-cxx
- **Language:** C++
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-cxx/blob/85e8bd603a322dc32bb8b9aeb1a72bcf36945f1d/include/libtmux/entities.hpp#L798
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/cxx/libtmux-buffer-contents/

```
libtmux::Buffer::contents() -> expected< std::string, CommandFailure >
```

The whole contents.

tmux prints them with no trailing newline, so what comes back is exactly what was put in.