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Do Android have command line like linux?

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Do Android have command line like linux?
posted Feb 2, 2016 by anonymous

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can use terminal emulator
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en

Android, while running the Linux kernel, Does not contain the GNU user land
This means you do not have access to the standard set of tools available in most linux distrobutions like Ubuntu or Debian.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/android-and-users-freedo...

Instead most Android devices provide BusyBox, which replaces *most* common utilities.
http://www.busybox.net/about.html

There are lots of terminal Emulators that interface with BusyBox.
https://play.google.com/store/search?q=terminal%20emula...

answer Feb 7, 2016 by Shivam Kumar Pandey
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