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How to use multibyte file names in adb shell?
I have a Galaxy S6 running Android 7.0:
zeroflte:/ $ getprop ro.build.version.release
7.0
There exists a file which uses the Unicode codepoint U+1F308 (RAINBOW) in its ...
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How to Check if Script is run once device is booted?
I have a script I need to run once, and only once the phone is booted.
I have attempted init.qcom.post_boot.sh, init.sec.boot.sh, debuggerd, and finally mkshrc
While my script ran with debuggerd, I ...
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How to write Android shell history to file?
Using Terminal Emulator for Android, is there a way to enable a persistent command history?
So far, I've tried the following:
Initial command of export HISTFILE=$HOME/.mksh_history
User mksh profile ...
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Shell .profile or /etc/profile for old android 2.3.3
Just rooted my old phone with Android 2.3.3 and I would like to define some aliases for each shell I start (with adb or terminal app). I found this question where one answer says that /etc/profile (=/...
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Work-around for process substitution in mksh
An extremely useful feature of Bash, known as process substitution, is missing in the Android shell, mksh. This is highly unfortunate as it prevent you from doing things like:
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