mirror of
https://github.com/jbranchaud/til
synced 2026-01-03 15:18:01 +00:00
22 lines
944 B
Markdown
22 lines
944 B
Markdown
# Access Past Copy Buffer History
|
|
|
|
Each time you perform a copy (as in copy/paste) within tmux using its built-in
|
|
copy functionality (i.e. `set-buffer` and `save-buffer`), the text that you
|
|
copied to the buffer is recorded in the server's history.
|
|
|
|
_Note: you may have `Cmd-c` or the mouse configured to copy to a tmux buffer._
|
|
|
|
So, while `tmux paste-buffer` (or `Cmd-v` if you have that configured) will
|
|
only paste in the most recently copied value to a tmux buffer, you can still
|
|
access more of the history.
|
|
|
|
Run `tmux choose-buffer` (or `<prefix>:choose-buffer`) to open an interactive
|
|
prompt that lists the tmux buffer history in reverse chronological order (most
|
|
recent to oldest).
|
|
|
|
You can navigate up and down through these buffers until you find the one that
|
|
contains what you're looking for. Then hit `Enter` and the value will be pasted
|
|
to the current window and pane.
|
|
|
|
See `man tmux` and search for `choose-buffer` for more details.
|