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How to use su command over adb shell?

I need to make a script that executes a lots of thing on Android device, my device is rooted, when I enter on the shell, I can give the command su, and it works but I need pass this command like:

adb shell "
su;
mv /sdcard/Download/app_test /data/local;
cd /data/local;
./app_test;
exit;
exit;
"

when I put some commands before the su it works, according what I read su creates a new shell that return immediately, but I need give commands on the su shell, how can I do that?

Solution

  • Well, if your phone is rooted you can run commands with the su -c command.

    Here is an example of a cat command on the build.prop file to get a phone's product information.

    adb shell "su -c 'cat /system/build.prop |grep "product"'"

    This invokes root permission and runs the command inside the ' '.

    Notice the 5 end quotes, that is required that you close ALL your end quotes or you will get an error.

    For clarification the format is like this.

    adb shell "su -c '[your command goes here]'"

    Make sure you enter the command EXACTLY the way that you normally would when running it in shell.