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pane.observe.Pane.capture

capture ( self ) → Result<Vec<TmuxText>, Error> method [source] ¶ method [source] ¶ capture

Capture the pane's visible contents, one entry per line.

Lines are [ TmuxText ] because a terminal's contents are arbitrary bytes, not guaranteed UTF-8.

Errors

Returns an error when tmux refuses the command.

In other languages Read a pane’s visible contents

Examples

Python TypeScript

>>> pane = window.split(shell='sh')
>>> pane.capture_pane()
['$']

>>> pane.send_keys('echo "Hello world"', enter=True)

>>> pane.capture_pane()
['$ echo "Hello world"', 'Hello world', '$']

>>> print(chr(10).join(pane.capture_pane()))
$ echo "Hello world"
Hello world
$

const lines = await pane.capture();
lines.at(-1);

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