Get The Current Buffer Number For The Current Window In Neovim

October 2023

You can get the buffer number of the current Neovim window with:

In A Script

If you're in a script, use:

b = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()
print(b)

nvim_get_current_buf()

To see the number directly in the Neovim command line use:

:echo nvim_get_current_buf()

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