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A terminal app is the way of providing a command prompt to Android devices.

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How to send all internet traffic to a SOCKS5 proxy server in local network?

The link you have provided is not setting up SOCKS but a transparent proxy i.e. it takes TCP/UDP traffic and SOCKSify it before sending through shadowsocks tunnel. But you need to make your traffic SO …
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How to perform a hot reboot using the terminal emulator?

While the other answer correctly states a way to force a (very) soft reboot, I'd like to add some in-depth details (which may not make sense to everyone :). WHAT IS HOT / WARM REBOOT? In order to an …
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How to configure and Enable WiFi Hotspot through terminal without root

RELATED: How to create a WiFi hotspot from the terminal? …
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How to create a wifi hotspot from the terminal?

RELATED: How to configure and Enable WiFi Hotspot through terminal without ROOT …
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Invoke /system/bin/sdcard manually via terminal

In Android 6+ storage configuration: Mounting of physical external storage volumes is handled by vold, which performs staging operations to prepare the media before exposing it to apps. ... Th …
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How to save files to external SD card on a non-rooted Android?

Filesystem level write access to physically external SD card without rooting phone is not possible since pre-KK days. However apps can always (with or without Storage permission) read and write to the …
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Set/Get value of variables in '/proc/sys/net' using terminal

Don't print key values -n Don't print key names -p Read values from FILE (default /etc/sysctl.conf) -q Don't show value after write -w Only write values (object to reading) Use a terminal
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How to run "parted" command in terminal emulator on my android smartphone

Note: This is applicable to Qualcomm SoC with eMMC (block device accessible through FTL). Not tested on MTK or other chipsets (paths may differ) or the devices with raw NAND/MTD memory. PARTED Ho …
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What sepolicy context will allow any other context to access it?

ROOT USER AND SELINUX: User root (with UID 0) is the super user in Discretionary Access Control (DAC) implementation of *NIX operating systems. DAC is allowed by-default i.e. anyone can access anythi …
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“agrep” for Android Terminal?

As commented by @Izzy, Termux has a wide repository of Linux packages, but agrep isn't among them so far. So you have to go for compiling the binary from source, or you may give this one a try. It's a …
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How to find UID of an app installed on Android and use it as a shell user?

Android inherits from Linux the concept of shell, which is the core component of Linux login process. But there is no concept of Linux console login on Android (1) because it boots directly to GUI. Ho …
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How can run native executables compiled for ARM on unrooted Android devices?

If you don't want to use PC, terminal emulator is the only option. …
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How to use lsof, netstat and ps commands with complete options on Android?

Standard lsof source code has some differences with Android implementation. Android's own /system/bin/lsof or /vendor/bin/lsof (both provided by toybox) work perfectly, but with somewhat limited optio …
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