I can't help with a solution, but I can at least confirm I see the same
behavior!

John

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On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 10:00 AM Steven Tilley <steve@steventilley.com>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> First off, thanks for the great tool, and thanks to anyone who takes the
> time to read this.
>
> This is sort of a followup on my previous email, but I was wondering if
> anybody uses org-babel with bash in session mode? I've found it to be
> pretty buggy for all but simple tasks, and I was wondering if I'm doing
> something wrong. My googling hasn't lead to many hits, so I suspect that
> might be the case. The previous email (below) is just one example, but
> generally I've had problems when using multiline commands (e.g. loops,
> declaring functions, etc).
>
> Thanks
> Steve
>
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019, at 4:48 PM, Steven Tilley wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I posted this on stackoverflow [1], and they suggested I post it here.
> > Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > I've noticed in org-babel when using a bash session with multiline
> > statements (e.g. a for loop), the output contains extra characters
> > (specifically ">"s and the prompt. The output can also change
> > throughout the session. An example is below. I found this link, which
> > is probably related, but I'm not sure. I'm relatively new to emacs/org,
> > so digging into the internals is a little beyond me at this point.
> > Thanks!
> >
> > No session -> correct output
> >
> > #+BEGIN_SRC bash :results output
> > for i in 1 2 3
> > do
> >    echo $i
> > done
> > #+END_SRC
> >
> > #+RESULTS:
> > : 1
> > : 2
> > : 3
> >
> > Session -> Incorrect output
> >
> > #+BEGIN_SRC bash :session test_session :results output
> > for i in 1 2 3
> > do
> >    echo $i
> > done
> > #+END_SRC
> >
> > #+RESULTS:
> > :
> > : > > > 1
> > : 2
> > : 3
> >
> > Running the same command in the same session, and the output changes
> >
> > #+BEGIN_SRC bash :session test_session :results output
> > for i in 1 2 3
> > do
> >    echo $i
> > done
> > #+END_SRC
> >
> > #+RESULTS:
> > :
> > : > > 1
> > : 2
> > : 3
> >
> > New session, but loop is all one one line -> incorrect output
> >
> > #+BEGIN_SRC bash :session test_session2 :results output
> > for i in 1 2 3; do echo $i; done
> > #+END_SRC
> >
> > #+RESULTS:
> > :
> > : 1
> > : 2
> > : 3
> >
> > Thanks
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > [1]
> >
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54909018/org-babel-bash-output-with-sessions
> >
> >
>
>