Format: SHOW BUFFER The SHOW BUFFER (abbreviated SH BU) command lists the buffers being used during the edit session, including the number of lines of text in each buffer. The current buffer is marked by an equal sign (=) before the name. If an asterisk follows the number of lines, it indicates that an input file is connected to the buffer and that there are more lines to be read from the file. Thus, the line count is not accurate.