patch 8.0.0625: shellescape() always escapes a newline commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/206155280def51160a9d81d983aed639015ffb44 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Mon Jun 5 18:46:26 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0625: shellescape() always escapes a newline Problem: shellescape() always escapes a newline, which does not work with some shells. (Harm te Hennepe) Solution: Only escape a newline when the "special" argument is non-zero. (Christian Brabandt, closes #1590)

--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -10461,8 +10461,10 @@ f_sha256(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *re
     static void
 f_shellescape(typval_T *argvars, typval_T *rettv)
 {
+    int do_special = non_zero_arg(&argvars[1]);
+
     rettv->vval.v_string = vim_strsave_shellescape(
-		get_tv_string(&argvars[0]), non_zero_arg(&argvars[1]), TRUE);
+			   get_tv_string(&argvars[0]), do_special, do_special);
     rettv->v_type = VAR_STRING;
 }