How to run terminal command in Android application?

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How to send a command to the terminal through android app and get the output back? For example, sending "ls /" and getting the output to print it in the GUI?

Josh Gao · Accepted Answer · 2024-03-19 09:32:30Z

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Use Runtime.exec to get a process, waitFor it to finish, and then read its output out of its output and error streams.

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answered May 16, 2010 at 9:59

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ademar111190 Over a year ago

I'm getting "java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: android.os.Exec"

Osama Gamal · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-16 15:00:08Z

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Different solutions could be found here: http://code.google.com/p/market-enabler/wiki/ShellCommands I've not tested them yet.

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:16:20Z

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Try this answer there is way to run shell commands on android programmatically https://stackoverflow.com/a/3350332/2425851

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