android adb shell

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.25

 -d                            - directs command to the only connected USB device

                                 returns an error if more than one USB device is present.

 -e                            - directs command to the only running emulator.

                                 returns an error if more than one emulator is running.

 -s <serial number>            - directs command to the USB device or emulator with

                                 the given serial number. Overrides ANDROID_SERIAL

                                 envivornment variable.

 -p <product name or path>     - simple product name like 'sooner', or

                                 a relative/absolute path to a product

                                 out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.

                                 If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT

                                 environment variable is used, which must

                                 be an absolute path.

 devices                       - list all connected devices

 connect <host>:<port>         - connect to a device via TCP/IP 

 disconnect <host>:<port>      - disconnect from a TCP/IP device

device commands:

  adb push <local> <remote>    - copy file/dir to device

  adb pull <remote> <local>    - copy file/dir from device

  adb sync [ <directory> ]     - copy host->device only if changed

                                 (see 'adb help all')

  adb shell                    - run remote shell interactively

  adb shell <command>          - run remote shell command

  adb emu <command>            - run emulator console command

  adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log

  adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections

                                 forward specs are one of: 

                                   tcp:<port>

                                   localabstract:<unix domain socket name>

                                   localreserved:<unix domain socket name>

                                   localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>

                                   dev:<character device name>

                                   jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)

  adb jdwp                     - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport

  adb install [-l] [-r] <file> - push this package file to the device and install it

                                 ('-l' means forward-lock the app)

                                 ('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data)

  adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device

                                 ('-k' means keep the data and cache directories)

  adb bugreport                - return all information from the device

                                 that should be included in a bug report.

  adb help                     - show this help message

  adb version                  - show version num

DATAOPTS:

 (no option)                   - don't touch the data partition

  -w                           - wipe the data partition

  -d                           - flash the data partition

scripting:

  adb wait-for-device          - block until device is online

  adb start-server             - ensure that there is a server running

  adb kill-server              - kill the server if it is running

  adb get-state                - prints: offline | bootloader | device

  adb get-serialno             - prints: <serial-number>

  adb status-window            - continuously print device status for a specified device

  adb remount                  - remounts the /system partition on the device read-write

  adb reboot [bootloader|recovery] - reboots the device, optionally into the bootloader or recovery program

  adb root                     - restarts the adbd daemon with root permissions

  adb usb                      - restarts the adbd daemon listening on USB  

  adb tcpip <port>             - restarts the adbd daemon listening on TCP on the specified port

networking:

  adb ppp <tty> [parameters]   - Run PPP over USB.

 Note: you should not automatically start a PPP connection.

 <tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1

 [parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns

adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]

  <localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:

  - If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be updated.

  - If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition

    is updated.