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+" Test for the shell related options ('shell', 'shellcmdflag', 'shellpipe',
+" 'shellquote', 'shellredir', 'shellxescape', and 'shellxquote')
+
+source check.vim
+source shared.vim
+
+func Test_shell_options()
+  " For each shell, the following options are checked:
+  " 'shellcmdflag', 'shellpipe', 'shellquote', 'shellredir', 'shellxescape',
+  " 'shellxquote'
+  let shells = []
+  if has('unix')
+    let shells += [['sh', '-c', '2>&1| tee', '', '>%s 2>&1', '', ''],
+          \ ['ksh', '-c', '2>&1| tee', '', '>%s 2>&1', '', ''],
+          \ ['mksh', '-c', '2>&1| tee', '', '>%s 2>&1', '', ''],
+          \ ['zsh', '-c', '2>&1| tee', '', '>%s 2>&1', '', ''],
+          \ ['zsh-beta', '-c', '2>&1| tee', '', '>%s 2>&1', '', ''],
+          \ ['bash', '-c', '2>&1| tee', '', '>%s 2>&1', '', ''],
+          \ ['fish', '-c', '2>&1| tee', '', '>%s 2>&1', '', ''],
+          \ ['ash', '-c', '2>&1| tee', '', '>%s 2>&1', '', ''],
+          \ ['dash', '-c', '2>&1| tee', '', '>%s 2>&1', '', ''],
+          \ ['csh', '-c', '|& tee', '', '>&', '', ''],
+          \ ['tcsh', '-c', '|& tee', '', '>&', '', '']]
+  endif
+  if has('win32')
+    let shells += [['cmd', '/c', '>%s 2>&1', '', '>%s 2>&1', '"&|<>()@^', ''],
+          \ ['cmd.exe', '/c', '>%s 2>&1', '', '>%s 2>&1', '"&|<>()@^', '('],
+          \ ['powershell.exe', '-c', '>', '', '>', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['powershell', '-c', '>', '', '>', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['sh.exe', '-c', '>%s 2>&1', '', '>%s 2>&1', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['ksh.exe', '-c', '>%s 2>&1', '', '>%s 2>&1', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['mksh.exe', '-c', '>%s 2>&1', '', '>%s 2>&1', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['pdksh.exe', '-c', '>%s 2>&1', '', '>%s 2>&1', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['zsh.exe', '-c', '>%s 2>&1', '', '>%s 2>&1', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['zsh-beta.exe', '-c', '>%s 2>&1', '', '>%s 2>&1', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['bash.exe', '-c', '>%s 2>&1', '', '>%s 2>&1', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['dash.exe', '-c', '>%s 2>&1', '', '>%s 2>&1', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['csh.exe', '-c', '>&', '', '>&', '"&|<>()@^', '"'],
+          \ ['tcsh.exe', '-c', '>&', '', '>&', '"&|<>()@^', '"']]
+  endif
+
+  let after =<< trim END
+    let l = [&shell, &shellcmdflag, &shellpipe, &shellquote]
+    let l += [&shellredir, &shellxescape, &shellxquote]
+    call writefile([json_encode(l)], 'Xtestout')
+    qall!
+  END
+  for e in shells
+    if RunVim([], after, '--cmd "set shell=' .. e[0] .. '"')
+      call assert_equal(e, json_decode(readfile('Xtestout')[0]))
+    endif
+  endfor
+
+  for e in shells
+    exe 'set shell=' .. e[0]
+    if e[0] =~# '.*csh$' || e[0] =~# '.*csh.exe$'
+      let str1 = "'cmd \"arg1\" '\\''arg2'\\'' \\!%#'"
+      let str2 = "'cmd \"arg1\" '\\''arg2'\\'' \\\\!\\%\\#'"
+    else
+      let str1 = "'cmd \"arg1\" '\\''arg2'\\'' !%#'"
+      let str2 = "'cmd \"arg1\" '\\''arg2'\\'' \\!\\%\\#'"
+    endif
+    call assert_equal(str1, shellescape("cmd \"arg1\" 'arg2' !%#"), e[0])
+    call assert_equal(str2, shellescape("cmd \"arg1\" 'arg2' !%#", 1), e[0])
+  endfor
+  set shell&
+  call delete('Xtestout')
+endfunc
+
+" Test for the 'shell' option
+func Test_shell()
+  CheckUnix
+  let save_shell = &shell
+  set shell=
+  let caught_e91 = 0
+  try
+    shell
+  catch /E91:/
+    let caught_e91 = 1
+  endtry
+  call assert_equal(1, caught_e91)
+  let &shell = save_shell
+endfunc
+
+" Test for the 'shellquote' option
+func Test_shellquote()
+  CheckUnix
+  set shellquote=#
+  set verbose=20
+  redir => v
+  silent! !echo Hello
+  redir END
+  set verbose&
+  set shellquote&
+  call assert_match(': "#echo Hello#"', v)
+endfunc
+
+func Test_shellescape()
+  let save_shell = &shell
+  set shell=bash
+  call assert_equal("'text'", shellescape('text'))
+  call assert_equal("'te\"xt'", 'te"xt'->shellescape())
+  call assert_equal("'te'\\''xt'", shellescape("te'xt"))
+
+  call assert_equal("'te%xt'", shellescape("te%xt"))
+  call assert_equal("'te\\%xt'", shellescape("te%xt", 1))
+  call assert_equal("'te#xt'", shellescape("te#xt"))
+  call assert_equal("'te\\#xt'", shellescape("te#xt", 1))
+  call assert_equal("'te!xt'", shellescape("te!xt"))
+  call assert_equal("'te\\!xt'", shellescape("te!xt", 1))
+
+  call assert_equal("'te\nxt'", shellescape("te\nxt"))
+  call assert_equal("'te\\\nxt'", shellescape("te\nxt", 1))
+  set shell=tcsh
+  call assert_equal("'te\\!xt'", shellescape("te!xt"))
+  call assert_equal("'te\\\\!xt'", shellescape("te!xt", 1))
+  call assert_equal("'te\\\nxt'", shellescape("te\nxt"))
+  call assert_equal("'te\\\\\nxt'", shellescape("te\nxt", 1))
+
+  let &shell = save_shell
+endfunc
+
+" Test for 'shellxquote'
+func Test_shellxquote()
+  CheckUnix
+
+  let save_shell = &shell
+  let save_sxq = &shellxquote
+  let save_sxe = &shellxescape
+
+  call writefile(['#!/bin/sh', 'echo "Cmd: [$*]" > Xlog'], 'Xtestshell')
+  call setfperm('Xtestshell', "r-x------")
+  set shell=./Xtestshell
+
+  set shellxquote=\\"
+  call feedkeys(":!pwd\<CR>\<CR>", 'xt')
+  call assert_equal(['Cmd: [-c "pwd"]'], readfile('Xlog'))
+
+  set shellxquote=(
+  call feedkeys(":!pwd\<CR>\<CR>", 'xt')
+  call assert_equal(['Cmd: [-c (pwd)]'], readfile('Xlog'))
+
+  set shellxquote=\\"(
+  call feedkeys(":!pwd\<CR>\<CR>", 'xt')
+  call assert_equal(['Cmd: [-c "(pwd)"]'], readfile('Xlog'))
+
+  set shellxescape=\"&<<()@^
+  set shellxquote=(
+  call feedkeys(":!pwd\"&<<{}@^\<CR>\<CR>", 'xt')
+  call assert_equal(['Cmd: [-c (pwd^"^&^<^<{}^@^^)]'], readfile('Xlog'))
+
+  let &shell = save_shell
+  let &shellxquote = save_sxq
+  let &shellxescape = save_sxe
+  call delete('Xtestshell')
+  call delete('Xlog')
+endfunc
+
+" vim: shiftwidth=2 sts=2 expandtab