# LibTmux::Server#list_buffers

- **Module:** LibTmux
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Ruby
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-ruby/blob/da7b6191b9439e3c84fa1c9eeaa9168263ee7af4/gems/libtmux/lib/libtmux/operations.rb#L66
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/ruby/v0.1.1/reference/libtmux-server-list_buffers/

```
def list_buffers: (
  ?timeout: ::Numeric,
  ?cancel: untyped
) -> ::Array[{ name: ::String, size: ::Integer }]
```

Behavior: Buffers.

Behavior contract: Buffers.

## Parameters

- `timeout` (`::Numeric`)
- `cancel` (`untyped`)

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `list_buffers`.

- [`list-buffers`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/list-buffers/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_list_buffers_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_list_buffers_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_list_buffers_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-list-buffers-c-cmd_list_buffers_exec/) (function)

## In other ports

List the paste buffers

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Server.list_buffers`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-server-list_buffers/) (method) |
| TypeScript | [`server.Server.listBuffers`](/en/ts/latest/reference/server-server-listbuffers/) (method) |
| Rust | [`server.Server.buffer_names`](/en/rs/latest/reference/server-server-buffer_names/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Server.ListBuffers`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-server-listbuffers/) (method) |
| Java | [`io.github.libtmux.Server.buffers`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-server-server-buffers/) (method) |
| C# | [`LibTmux.TmuxBuffers.GetAllAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-tmuxbuffers-getallasync/) (method) |
| C++ | [`libtmux::Server::buffers`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-server-buffers/) (method) |
| Swift | [`Server.buffers()`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-buffers()/) (method) |

No equivalent is recorded in Lua, PowerShell, Julia, Elixir, Kotlin, Scala or F#.