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| From | Anne de Royde <AdR@spam.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? |
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| Date | 2024-06-13 08:18 +0000 |
R.Wieser wrote:
> Anne,
>
>>> I would like to be able to program/script on a smartphone itself (meaning:
>>> not having to use a PC).
>>
>> Will shell scripting meet your needs? Android comes with the MirBSD
>> Korn Shell built in (/system/bin/sh).
>
> Currently I have nothing, so /anything/ would be an improvement.
>
>> Just install a terminal emulator APK and start creating your
>> own shell scripts.
>
> Just *any* terminal emulator ? Or should it have a specific capability (the
> "terminal emulator"s I know of needed to connect by either serial or
> ethernet to a server). IOW, any suggestion to a terminal program* ?
>
> * Termux was suggested. I assumed it tried to emulate a linux environment,
> but reading your post its quite possible that it connects to that Korn
> shell.
You can use one of these, installed on Android:
* TermOne Plus <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termoneplus>
* Termux <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.termux>
These give you a shell prompt in a terminal emulator window on Android.
Like a Linux 'Terminal' window, or a Windows 'Command Prompt' window.
The commands available to you are whatever is already provided by your
Android device.
>> Android's built-in MirBSD Korn Shell is not an APK.
>
> I was not aware that there was simething build-in available, hence my search
> for external software.
>
>> Other command-line utilities in Android's /system/bin are not APKs.
>
> A question though : where would I find the above folder ? I've got a file
> browser, but it doesn't show any such folder.
I expect your file browser also does not show the folders where your APK
apps are installed to. For example,
* Where Firefox is installed: /data/app/org.mozilla.firefox/
* Where MS Edge is installed: /data/app/com.microsoft.emmx/
Some ways to *find* the folder /system/bin
1. From the shell prompt in a terminal emulator window, enter a
command such as
which sh
to report the location of the 'sh' command-line executable.
Whether you can *list* the contents of this folder depends on
the folder's permissions. To see the folder's permissions,
try one of these:
ls -ld /system/bin
stat -c %a /system/bin
2. 'ES File Explorer' used to have an option to show more of the
file system. But I hear ES File Explorer went downhill with
banner ads.
3. Using adb on your desktop computer connected to your Android
device.
adb command to use: <https://adbshell.com/commands/adb-shell-ls>
adb overview: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Debug_Bridge>
> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser
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programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-11 14:53 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2024-06-11 15:58 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-11 17:53 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-06-11 17:09 +0100
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-11 20:05 +0000
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-12 08:15 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2024-06-11 21:12 +0000
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-12 08:19 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2024-06-14 00:20 +0000
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-15 10:06 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2024-06-16 07:28 +0000
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "W. Greenhouse" <wgreenhouse@tilde.club> - 2024-06-16 13:46 +0000
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2024-06-12 05:10 +0000
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-12 21:13 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2024-06-11 18:01 +0100
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-11 20:05 +0000
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-12 08:02 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Anne de Royde <AdR@spam.invalid> - 2024-06-12 06:19 +0000
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-12 20:42 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Anne de Royde <AdR@spam.invalid> - 2024-06-13 08:18 +0000
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-13 10:48 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Anne de Royde <AdR@spam.invalid> - 2024-06-14 07:25 +0000
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Andrew <andrew@spam.net> - 2024-06-14 20:34 +0000
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Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Anne de Royde <AdR@spam.invalid> - 2024-06-16 07:29 +0000
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Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-12 20:58 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Dave Royal <dave@dave123royal.com> - 2024-06-13 06:25 +0100
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-13 10:24 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2024-06-12 12:58 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-12 21:10 +0200
Re: programming/scripting on an Android device - suggestions ? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2024-06-12 21:32 +0200
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