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tmux Copy Mode, Scrollback, and Clipboard/Capture visible history

Dump pane contents into a paste buffer.

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Section: Copy mode and scrolling

Capture visible history

bash
bash
tmux capture-pane -pS -100
Explanation

Prints the last 100 lines to stdout with `-p`.

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