Tmux Debug

Capture and analyze tmux pane content for debugging other sessions or background processes

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Tmux Debug

Capture screen content from tmux panes to debug other terminal sessions, monitor background processes, or inspect command output.

Commands

List all panes

tmux list-panes -a -F '#{session_name}:#{window_index}.#{pane_index} #{pane_title}'

Capture current pane

tmux capture-pane -p

Capture specific pane

tmux capture-pane -t 'session:window.pane' -p

Capture with scrollback history

# Last 100 lines of scrollback
tmux capture-pane -p -S -100

# Entire scrollback buffer
tmux capture-pane -p -S - -E -

Usage

  1. First list panes to find the target: tmux list-panes -a -F '...'
  2. Capture the pane content: tmux capture-pane -t 'target' -p
  3. Analyze the output for errors, status, or relevant information

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