I ran into an issue with bash blocks that use a session where 'org_babel_sh_prompt> ' is strewn throughout the output. For large blocks the intended output can be completely buried. Here is an example. #+begin_src bash :session test :results output echo "hello" #+end_src #+RESULTS: : org_babel_sh_prompt> org_babel_sh_prompt> org_babel_sh_prompt> org_babel_sh_prompt> hello This is caused by a leading carat in the `comint-prompt-regexp` regex in `org-babel-sh-initiate-session` in `ob-shell.el`, and the fix is incredibly simple. Here is the diff that I've generated. --- ob-shell-old.el 2022-11-15 14:29:34.351598206 -0500 +++ ob-shell-new.el 2022-11-15 14:31:28.416924869 -0500 @@ -255,8 +255,7 @@ (current-buffer) (format org-babel-prompt-command org-babel-sh-prompt)) (setq-local comint-prompt-regexp - (concat "^" (regexp-quote org-babel-sh-prompt) - " *")) + (concat (regexp-quote org-babel-sh-prompt) " *")) ;; Needed for Emacs 23 since the marker is initially ;; undefined and the filter functions try to use it without ;; checking. This is my first OSS contribution, I initially reported this to the main emacs bug report email using their guidelines. If I need to alter this in any way, let me know and I am willing to make changes.