Sławomir Grochowski <slawomir.grochowski@gmail.com> writes:

> I'm surprised by this behaviour.
>
> #+begin_src sh :results replace output
> ls
> #+end_src
>
> #+RESULTS:
> : file1.txt
> : file2.txt
>
> Adding :dir parameter changes output RESULTS. It's now wrapped in
> #+begin_example #+end_example block.

I am pretty sure that your example is not the whole output. The variant
with :dir has many more files, right? If so, check out
`org-babel-min-lines-for-block-output'.

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