Implemented buffer restore with write to pane tty.

scripts/helpers.sh

@@ -15,6 +15,18 @@ get_tmux_option() {
 	fi
 }
 
+get_pane_id() {
+	tmux display-message -p "#S:#I.#P"
+}
+
+get_pane_tty() {
+	local pane_id="$1"
+	[[ -z "$1" ]] && pane_id="$(get_pane_id)"
+
+	# display tty for pane_id
+	tmux display-message -t "$pane_id" -p "#{pane_tty}"
+}
+
 # Ensures a message is displayed for 5 seconds in tmux prompt.
 # Does not override the 'display-time' tmux option.
 display_message() {

scripts/restore.sh

@@ -162,12 +162,19 @@ restore_tmux_buffers() {
 			if ! is_pane_registered_as_existing "$session_name" "$window_number" "$pane_index"; then
 				if [ "$pane_command" = "bash" ]; then
 					local pane_id="$session_name:$window_number.$pane_index"
-					local buffer_file="$(resurrect_buffer_file "${pane_id}")"
+					local buffer_file="$(resurrect_buffer_file "$pane_id")"
 					# space before 'cat' is intentional and prevents the command from
 					# being added to history (provided HISTCONTROL=ignorespace/ignoreboth
 					# has been set in bashrc.
-					tmux send-keys -t "${pane_id}" "clear && tmux clear-history" C-m
-					tmux send-keys -t "${pane_id}" " cat ${buffer_file}" C-m
+					tmux send-keys -t "$pane_id" " clear && tmux clear-history" C-m
+					local pane_tty="$(get_pane_tty "$pane_id")"
+					if [ -n "$pane_tty" ]; then
+						# append directly to tty (avoids cat command output)
+					  cat "$buffer_file" >> "$pane_tty"
+					else
+						# fall back to cat'ing in terminal if not tty found
+						tmux send-keys -t "$pane_id" " cat \"$buffer_file\"" C-m
+					fi
 				fi
 			fi
 		done