#!/usr/bin/env bash tmux_format="TMUX_PRINTER_FORMAT${1}TMUX_PRINTER_FORMAT_END" style_conf=$(mktemp "/tmp/tmux-printer.XXXXXX") empty_conf=$(mktemp "/tmp/tmux-printer.XXXXXX") touch "$empty_conf" echo "set -g status-left '$tmux_format'" >> "$style_conf" echo "set -g status-left-length 255" >> "$style_conf" echo "set -g status-right ''" >> "$style_conf" PREV_TMUX=$TMUX TMUX='' tmux -L tmux-printer-outer -f "$empty_conf" new -s tmux-printer-outer -d tmux -L tmux-printer-outer send-keys "TMUX='' tmux -L tmux-printer-inner -f \"$style_conf\"" tmux -L tmux-printer-outer send-keys Enter sleep 0.1 # tmux wait? output=$( \ tmux -L tmux-printer-outer capture-pane -p -e | \ grep --color=never -Eo "TMUX_PRINTER_FORMAT.*TMUX_PRINTER_FORMAT_END" | \ sed "s/TMUX_PRINTER_FORMAT\(_END\)\?//g" \ ) tmux -L tmux-printer-outer kill-server tmux -L tmux-printer-inner kill-server TMUX=$PREV_TMUX echo -ne "$output$(tput sgr0)"