This is the command to print all regular files in the src folder but excluding all files within the .svn folders: $ find src -name .svn -prune -o -type f -print where -o is the or operator. Define a shortcut: ff () { find $1 -name .svn -prune -o -...

I don't know if there's a fool proof way to find out which Linux distro you are running on, but here are some ways you can try: cat /proc/version cat /etc/issue cat /etc/*release lsb_release -a Results on Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric: $ cat /proc/version Linux version 3.0.0-13-gene... Results on Red Hat Enterprise Server: $ cat /proc/version Linux version 2.6.18-128.1....

When you run automated Android tests with Eclipse or from the command line, you get text output, which isn't good for reporting purposes. If you run a large set of test cases with automated build, the text report isn't very helpful. Fortunately, Android CTS generates test reports in XML with accompanying XSL to make it look nice in a browser. To run your own tests with Android CTS: Download Android CTS Make a new directory MyRepository under android-cts , alongside the existing repository directory. Copy host_config.xml from repository to MyRepository Create directory plans under MyRepository , add a test plan ( MyTests.xml ): <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <TestPla... Create directory testcases under MyRepository . Copy TestDeviceSetup.apk from repository/testcases to MyRepository/testcases Under MyRepository/testcases , create a test...

This is a list of built-in Android permission values: Permission Description Since API Level android.permission.ACCESS_CHECKIN_PROPERTIES Allows read/write access to the "properties" table in the checkin database, to change values that get uploaded. 1 android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION Allows an application to access coarse (e.g., Cell-ID, WiFi) location 1 android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION Allows an application to access fine (e.g., GPS) location 1 android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS Allows an application to access extra location provider commands 1 android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION Allows an application to create mock location providers for testing 1 android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE Allows applications to access information about networks 1 android.permission.ACCESS_SURFACE_FLINGER Allows an application to use SurfaceFlinger's low level features 1 android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE Allows applications to access information about Wi-Fi networks 1 android.permission.ACCOUNT_MANAGER Allows applications to call into AccountAuthenticators. Only the system can get this permission. 5 android.permission.AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS...

Find ports for emulator devices: $ adb devices List of devices attached emul... Telnet to emulator console: $ telnet localhost 5554 Trying 127.0.0.1... ... Use " sms send " to send a message: sms send 1234 'A test message' OK

In Android.mk , you can define LOCAL_JARJAR_RULES like this: LOCAL_JARJAR_RULES := $(LOCAL_PATH)/jarjar-rules.t... and in jarjar-rules.txt define a rule like this: rule org.bouncycastle.** com.android.@0 The build will change all org.bouncycastle to com.android.org.bouncycastle . Therefore, in your classes which are dependent on the library produced, the import statements should look like: import com.android.org.bouncycastle... Help for the jarjar utility (in prebuilt/common/jarjar/ ): $ java -jar jarjar-1.0rc8.jar Jar Jar Links - ...

The bash environment variable PROMPT_COMMAND contains a regular bash command that is executed just before the command prompt is displayed. For example: $ export PROMPT_COMMAND=a bash: a: command not ... The command a is not valid so you get the error message every time you hit enter. Echo something before $PS1 : $ export PROMPT_COMMAND='echo -n Hi!' Hi!$ ... PROMPT_COMMAND is regularly used to change the xterm window title. You may find this in /etc/bashrc : case $TERM in xterm*) if [ -...

grep is a versatile command with many variations (grep, egrep, fgrep, then various implementations). It uses a regula expression (regex) pattern to filter input. But then there are basic and extended flavors of regex - leading to even more confusion. And, beware that there are lots of bad examples of regex in the wild... There are two critical questions to ask when you use grep: which grep implementation are you using? what is the flavor of the regex? Here are some examples for gnu grep v2.7: # Find all numbers (no decimal point), basic regex... Use the -o flag to show only the matching part instead of the whole matching line: grep -o -E '\b[0-9]{2}\b' The good thing about the gnu grep is that it...

From the command line I can start and stop Windows services with NET START service_name and NET STOP service_name . But the NET command does not give a way to find the service name. You need the sc command to get the service name, below are some examples: List all running services: sc query List all services, running or not running (notice the space after =): sc query type= service state= all List all active drivers: sc query type= driver Find information about the "Indexing Service" (requires GNU grep): sc query type= service state= all | grep -i index ... Start the indexing service: sc start CiSvc Stop the indexing service: sc stop CiSvc Check the status of the indexing service: sc query CiSvc

Use the uname command to display the SunOS version: $ uname -a SunOS STAWOW1 5.10 Generic_142900-01... I can't find a command to display Solaris version. But the /etc/release file gives version information: $ cat /etc/release Solar... This is a mapping of SunOS versions to Solaris versions: SunOS Version Solaris Version SunOS 5.4 Solaris 2.4 SunOS 5.5 Solaris 2.5 SunOS 5.5.1 Solaris 2.5.1 SunOS 5.6 Solaris 2.6 SunOS 5.7 Solaris 7 SunOS 5.8 Solaris 8 SunOS 5.9 Solaris 9 SunOS 5.10 Solaris 10 Reference: SUN Solaris Unix Commands and Scripts