Format Variables in tmux
From the tmux cheat sheet · Formats and Automation · verified Aug 2026
Format Variables
Print tmux state for scripts and status content.
bash
tmux display-message -p '#S:#I.#P'📌 -p prints the expanded result to stdout
💡 -F formats every row from list commands
🔍 Long and short variable names can be mixed
🎯 Prefer formats over parsing human-readable output
formatsscriptingdisplay-message
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