Running linux command in Android app and reading output

Question

How can I run a linux command from an Android App and read the output. For example: retrieving output of "ls -lh" and printing as a text in TextView?

plsgogame · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-25 23:06:05Z

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Try this:

try{
                Process process;            
                process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("ls -lh");
                BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
        }
        catch (InterruptedException e) 
        {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
    }

After this in post to your TextView.

answered Jul 25, 2013 at 23:06

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bianca Over a year ago

I get this error: java.io.IOException: Error running exec(). Command Working Directory: null Environment: null. Any idea whats this?

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