Other Shell Commands
The table below lists several of the adb shell commands available. For a complete list of commands and programs, start an emulator instance and use the adb -help command.
adb shell ls /system/bin
Help is available for most of the commands.
| Shell Command |
Description |
Comments |
dumpsys |
Dumps system data to the screen. |
The Dalvik Debug Monitor Service (DDMS) tool offers integrated debug environment that you may find easier to use. |
dumpstate |
Dumps state to a file. |
logcat [<option>]... [<filter-spec>]... |
Enables radio logging and prints output to the screen. |
dmesg |
Prints kernel debugging messages to the screen. |
start |
Starts (restarts) an emulator/device instance. |
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stop |
Stops execution of an emulator/device instance. |
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