Running multiple adb commands with python Popen or os.system

Question

One problem with ADB is that you need multiple commands to get things done. For example:

adb shell

su 

cp /data/local/x /data/local/y

exit

adb pull /data/local/y

Can this be done using python popen and os-system? Tried the example below without success..

print 'Starting emulator...'
subprocess.Popen(['emulator', '-avd', 'testavd'])
os.system('adb wait-for-device')
os.system('Perform whatever adb commands you need')

Any pointers?

Diego Torres Milano · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-19 05:36:11Z

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You can simply do:

adb shell su -c cp /data/local/x /data/local/y
adb pull /data/local/y

or, if you want to run more than one command (only Linux & OSX):

adb shell <<EOF
ls
date
cat /proc/version
exit
EOF

answered Jan 19, 2012 at 5:36

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user848106 Over a year ago

I would need to find a way to do this on Windows ... maybe cygwin?

Diego Torres Milano Over a year ago

type script.txt | adb shell; maybe ?

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