Hidden Power of android.
Every android phone comes with a Busybox , which provides several unix tools. (Android use a Linux kernel. ). unfortunately android does not provide a shell or command interpreter. like xterm in Debian/Ubuntu. user will have to install them manually. few of it are.
• Below are some useful command found in android:
Other commonly use command:
awk , basename , id , hostname , clear , cat , date , diff , dirname , dmesg , echo , dnsdomainname , env , false , find , hostid , head , grep , less , ln , ls , mkdir , logname , more , mv , pwd , sleep , sort , rm , rmdir , sed , renice , reset , tail , tee , test , true , uniq , which , whoami , wc , yes .
| Commands | Defination |
| cal | displays a calendar and the date of Easter |
| dd | convert and copy a file |
| df , du | report file system disk space usage |
| dos2unix , unix2dos | convert file from one format to another. |
| ftpget , ftpput , tftp | File transfer client & server. |
| httpd | A barebone web server. |
| ifconfig | configure a network interface |
| ip | show / manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels. |
| md5sum , sha1sum , sha256sum , sha512sum | compute and check MD5 , SHA1SUM , SHA256SUM , SHA512SUM message digest |
| nc | The swiff army knife of network mapping. |
| netstat | Display network connections, routing, tunnel etc. |
| ping , ping6 | send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network hosts |
| ps | Display process |
| sh , ash | Shell or Command interpreter |
| sqlite3 | A command line interface for SQLite version 3 |
| telnet , telnetd | A Telnet client & server. |
| traceroute , traceroute6 | Trace the route to HOST |
| top | Display top process |
| touch | change file timestamps |
| udhcpc , udhcpd | DHCP client & server. |
| uname | Get system or kernel information |
| uptime | Tell how long the system has been running. |
| vi | Text Editor |
| wget | The non-interactive network downloader. |
| who | show who is logged on |
| whois | client for the whois directory service |
Other commonly use command:
awk , basename , id , hostname , clear , cat , date , diff , dirname , dmesg , echo , dnsdomainname , env , false , find , hostid , head , grep , less , ln , ls , mkdir , logname , more , mv , pwd , sleep , sort , rm , rmdir , sed , renice , reset , tail , tee , test , true , uniq , which , whoami , wc , yes .
Here are few example:
Web Server:
Download Manager:
Telnet Server:
ping -c 5 google.com sqlite3 foo.db busybox httpd -h /mnt/sdcard/www/ -p 8888 busybox wget -c www.example.com/map.png busybox telnetd busybox telnet 127.0.0.1 busybox whois www.google.com busybox uname -a busybox top -d 2 dd if=pic1.jpg of=pic2.jpg busybox cal 2014 busybox netstat -tun