# libtmux::Buffer::sample

- **Module:** libtmux::Buffer
- **Package:** libtmux-cxx
- **Language:** C++
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-cxx/blob/85e8bd603a322dc32bb8b9aeb1a72bcf36945f1d/include/libtmux/entities.hpp#L787
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/cxx/libtmux-buffer-sample/

```
libtmux::Buffer::sample() -> std::string_view
```

The opening of the contents, as tmux prints it in a listing.

Truncated, and with control characters rendered — `contents()` reads the bytes.