From 53448533447604ebfd8604cfcfcbba3e128a0c6a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olcan <olcans@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 23:38:36 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] drop restriction on whitespace in bash commands (#272)

---
 packages/server/src/tools/shell.md | 3 +--
 packages/server/src/tools/shell.ts | 4 ----
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/server/src/tools/shell.md b/packages/server/src/tools/shell.md
index a9cae2de..069a76db 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tools/shell.md
+++ b/packages/server/src/tools/shell.md
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 This tool executes a given shell command as `bash -c <command>`.
-Command can be any valid single-line Bash command.
 Command can start background processes using `&`.
-Command is executed as a subprocess.
+Command itself is executed as a subprocess.
 
 The following information is returned:
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/tools/shell.ts b/packages/server/src/tools/shell.ts
index c7fd70ab..bf19b37c 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/tools/shell.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/tools/shell.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ export class ShellTool extends BaseTool<ShellToolParams, ToolResult> {
       description += ` [in ${params.directory}]`;
     }
     // append optional (description), replacing any line breaks with spaces
-    // tool description/schema should specify a single line w/o line breaks
     if (params.description) {
       description += ` (${params.description.replace(/\n/g, ' ')})`;
     }
@@ -77,9 +76,6 @@ export class ShellTool extends BaseTool<ShellToolParams, ToolResult> {
     if (!params.command.trim()) {
       return 'Command cannot be empty.';
     }
-    if (params.command.match(/[^\S ]/)) {
-      return 'Command cannot contain any whitespace other than plain spaces.';
-    }
     if (!this.getCommandRoot(params.command)) {
       return 'Could not identify command root to obtain permission from user.';
     }