You can use =:wrap= for that.
Here is the docs: https://orgmode.org/manual/Results-of-Evaluation.html And here is an example. #+BEGIN_SRC shell :results output :wrap example json curl http://ip.jsontest.com/ #+END_SRC #+RESULTS: #+begin_example json {"ip": "8.8.8.8"} #+end_example Best regards John Magnus Therning <mag...@therning.org> writes: > Is there some way to specify the language on the result of a code block. > For instance, if the block > > #+begin_src bash > aws --endpoint-url=http://localhost:4566 sns create-topic --name the-topic > #+end_src > > gives the result > > #+RESULTS: > #+begin_example > { > "TopicArn": "arn:aws:sns:eu-central-1:000000000000:the-topic" > } > #+end_example > > Is there some way I can specify that the result is JSON? That is get the > result > > #+RESULTS: > #+begin_example json > { > "TopicArn": "arn:aws:sns:eu-central-1:000000000000:the-topic" > } > #+end_example > > /M