Re: Buggy output in bash session

["Steven Tilley" <steve@steventilley.com>]

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
> 
>