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Android devices provide a Unix shell that you can use to run a variety of commands on the device. The command binaries are stored in the file system the device.

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Android uptime in hour

I connect all our android devices through adb with WiFi. I am trying to get the uptime in hour. what i got now is in seconds. adb connect 172.16.100.2 adb shell cat /proc/uptime > "C:\TimeLog.txt" (or just adb shell uptime) adb disconnect The…
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whats does am start -n command do in android shell

I am trying to know, what does this command do when I write it in the terminal for android? and here is an example am start -n com.whatsapp/com.whatsapp.HomeActivity Thanks
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How to execute shell commands through su?

I tried following way but its not working for me : public void RunAsRoot(String cmnd){ Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("su"); DataOutputStream os = new DataOutputStream(p.getOutputStream()); …
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Detecting if device is rooted systemlessly

As systemless root is avaible for few years it became "harder" to detect if a device is rooted or not. I started looking for a possible solution to detect if a device is rooted systemlessly or not and I still can't figure out the solution. Checking…
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Error in checking string is null in shell script?

I am new to Shell Scripts and not aware of the syntax. I have a shell script that I am pushing to my android device, and then converting it with 'busybox dos2unix' : adb shell busybox dos2unix /data/local/myShellScript.sh In the script I am trying…
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Source code for shell command "find" in Android

I tried to find in Android source code on github, but I didn't find the implementation of the find command any where. Can some one tell me where it is. Thanks. EDIT: An out-of-box Android provides no find command. What is needed is some source code…
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