From 1ae4cab3e5270fc094ae17bf128fdb3fb5dff39d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: serhiizghama <zmrser@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2026 03:08:22 +0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix(terminal): skip -l login flag for csh and tcsh

csh and tcsh do not accept -l as a flag, causing every terminal
command to fail with 'Unknown option: -l' when $SHELL points to one
of them. Detect the shell name and only pass -l when the shell is
known to support it. csh and tcsh automatically source their rc
files on every invocation, so login shell behavior is preserved.

Fixes #12378
---
 .../tools/implementations/runTerminalCommand.ts |  6 +++++-
 extensions/cli/src/tools/runTerminalCommand.ts  | 17 +++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/core/tools/implementations/runTerminalCommand.ts b/core/tools/implementations/runTerminalCommand.ts
index 8f6201bd12c..6facf101f53 100644
--- a/core/tools/implementations/runTerminalCommand.ts
+++ b/core/tools/implementations/runTerminalCommand.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ function getShellCommand(command: string): { shell: string; args: string[] } {
   } else {
     // Unix/macOS: Use login shell to source .bashrc/.zshrc etc.
     const userShell = process.env.SHELL || "/bin/bash";
-    return { shell: userShell, args: ["-l", "-c", command] };
+    // csh and tcsh do not accept -l as a flag, so skip the login flag for them.
+    const shellName = userShell.split("/").pop() || "";
+    const loginArgs =
+      shellName === "csh" || shellName === "tcsh" ? [] : ["-l"];
+    return { shell: userShell, args: [...loginArgs, "-c", command] };
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/extensions/cli/src/tools/runTerminalCommand.ts b/extensions/cli/src/tools/runTerminalCommand.ts
index 6b640c6a1c3..92b5a59a1be 100644
--- a/extensions/cli/src/tools/runTerminalCommand.ts
+++ b/extensions/cli/src/tools/runTerminalCommand.ts
@@ -77,13 +77,26 @@ function getShellCommand(command: string): { shell: string; args: string[] } {
     const wslShell = process.env.SHELL || "/bin/bash";
     return {
       shell: wslShell,
-      args: ["-l", "-c", command],
+      args: [...getLoginShellArgs(wslShell), "-c", command],
     };
   }
 
   // Unix/macOS: Use login shell to source .bashrc/.zshrc etc.
   const userShell = process.env.SHELL || "/bin/bash";
-  return { shell: userShell, args: ["-l", "-c", command] };
+  return {
+    shell: userShell,
+    args: [...getLoginShellArgs(userShell), "-c", command],
+  };
+}
+
+// csh and tcsh do not accept -l as a flag, so skip the login flag for them.
+// They automatically source ~/.cshrc / ~/.tcshrc on every invocation anyway.
+function getLoginShellArgs(shellPath: string): string[] {
+  const shellName = shellPath.split("/").pop() || "";
+  if (shellName === "csh" || shellName === "tcsh") {
+    return [];
+  }
+  return ["-l"];
 }
 
 export function runCommandInBackground(command: string): {