# server.Server.showBuffer

- **Module:** server.Server
- **Package:** @libtmux/libtmux
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ts/blob/2cb93308200da38a26b59876618116850f110607/packages/libtmux/src/server.ts#L861
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/ts/server-server-showbuffer/

```
server.Server.showBuffer(name: : string) -> Promise<readonly string[]>
```

Read a named paste buffer's contents.

## Example

```ts
const lines = await server.showBuffer("greeting");
lines[0]; // "hello"
```