# Roo Code CLI 0.1.16: --terminal-shell flag

> Adds a `--terminal-shell` flag so you can pick which shell runs inline commands, validated at the CLI layer and passed through the normal settings path. Matters if the CLI's default shell choice conflicts with your environment.

| | |
|---|---|
| **Tool** | Roo Code |
| **Version** | cli-v0.1.16 |
| **Kind** | release |
| **Published** | 2026-03-04 |
| **Observed** | 2026-08-11 |
| **Significance** | 2/5 |
| **Breaking** | no |
| **Categories** | feature |

## What changed


- New `--terminal-shell` flag selects the shell used for inline command execution; path validated in the CLI layer, passed via the standard settings mechanism
- Integration tests added for stdin stream routing and race invariants
- Binaries for macOS arm64, Linux x64 and Linux arm64; requires Node.js 20+


## Sources

- [github_release](https://github.com/RooCodeInc/Roo-Code/releases/tag/cli-v0.1.16) — retrieved 2026-08-11

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