[Q] HELP! Transformer Prime Shell Scripts?? - Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime

I want a little "home launcher" that opens in my terminal that lets me select various things. i did some research and found that android uses MKSH(default shell of MirOS BSD, FreeWRT, MidnightBSD, Android-x86, Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and possibly Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich......)., a derivation of the korn shell. So i used the source of a korn shell menu, and entered my android commands, it didnt work. I know theyre different shell types and therefore have slightly different syntax, is there anyone who can help me make my script work?? Is there any other commands that can make my script echo the Android version? Kernel version?? Anything?! Also is there perhaps a command reference for MKSH for ANDROID. The regular MKSH dox' dont say anything about android
android says:
[email protected]#android:/mnt/sdcard/# sh test.sh
:No such file Or directory
:not foundsh[8]: }
[email protected]#android:/mnt/sdcard/#
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# declare some vars:
btdir="sdcard/bt5"
# functions for menu:
func_1 () {
sh /sdcard/bt5/bt
}
func_2 () {
su ; cd /sdcard
}
func_3 () {
su ; cd /
}
func_4 (){
su ; sd /sdcard/downloads
}
menu_list () {
clear
echo "######################################################################"
echo "#"
echo "#" " " "Welcome to QuikSkript"
echo "#"
echo "#"" ""A simple ""Home"" app,that can launch various things from trem!"
echo "#"
echo "#" " ""BackTrack Is invoked from $btdir"
echo "#" " ""Shell Is running from $SHELL $KSH_VERSION"
echo "#"
echo "#######################################################################"
echo
echo "To Boot BackTrack press 1 \n"
echo "To drop into a superuser shell @ /sdcard press 2 2 \n"
echo "To go to mount point / , press 3"
echo "To go to downloads, press 4"
echo "To quit, press "q" \n"
}
go_ahead () {
tput smso
echo "Press any key to return to the menu \c"
tput rmso
oldstty=`stty -g`
stty -icanon -echo min 1 time 0
dd bs=1 count=1 >/dev/null 2>&1
stty "$oldstty"
echo
}
func_select () {
tput smso
echo "\nPlease make your selection ( )\b\b\c"
read selection
tput rmso
case $selection in
1) clear ; func_1 ; go_ahead ;;
2) clear ; func_2 ; go_ahead ;;
3) clear ; func_3 ; go_ahead ;;
4) clear ; func_4 ; go_ahead ;;
q|Q) tput rmso ; clear ; exit 0 ;;
esac
}
#
# Here is where is gets looped - basically forever, until
# the "q" option is selected, causing an explicit exit
#
while `true`
do
menu_list
func_select
done
thanks for the help

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BUUUUUUUUMP!!!!
i redid the script. it still doesnt work, but it properly echos the system information. i still need help
Code:
runbt="sh /sdcard/bt5/bt"
btdir="/sdcard/bt5"
ch2homefolder="cd /sdcard"
ch2systemroot="cd /"
downloads=" cd /sdcard/download"
func_1 () {
cd /sdcard
}
func_2 () {
cd /
}
echo "Started on:" ; date
cat /proc/version
echo "Running from $SHELL $KSH_VERSION"
grep 'Processor' /proc/cpuinfo
grep 'MemTotal' /proc/meminfo
grep 'MemFree' /proc/meminfo
grep 'PageTables' /proc/meminfo ;echo
echo "---> BackTrack invoked from $btdir <---"
echo "Network interfaces:" ; echo ; ifconfig wlan0 ; echo
echo "##########################################################################"
echo "# #"
echo "# Welcome to quikskript! #"
echo "# #"
echo "# A simple sh "home" app, that can launch various things from the term! #"
echo " ######################################################################## "
echo
echo
echo "Choose An option:"
echo
echo "1) Boot BackTrack"
echo
echo "2) Go to Home folder w/ SU"
echo
echo "3) to the System Root, /"
echo
echo "4) Go to Downloads folder"
read option
case $option in
1) $runbt ;;
2) clear ; func_1 ;;
3) clear ; func_2 ;;
4) $downloads ;;
esac
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

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Shameless self bump!! Cmon people someone has to know something!!?!!?!?!?!?!

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0xicl33n said:
Shameless self bump!! Cmon people someone has to know something!!?!!?!?!?!?!
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i will give a bump in favor of more discussion about working with the stock android shell and filesystem. thus far i have found find very little documentation on these subjects.

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0xicl33n said:
Cmon people someone has to know something!!?!!?!?!?!?!
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i know that you are a lot smarter than me.
Bump

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bumping my thread in case someone who knows about MKSH is on the front page!

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What exactly is the problem? What action is the script expected to preform that it isn't preforming?
I copied the script and tested it. There doesn't seem to be any errors.
P.S. The sh binary isn't in /bin it's in /system/bin
Edit: Sorry forgot to mention that if you want a script to change the current working directory of the shell you need execute it like the following:
Code:
[localhost /sdcard ]# . test.sh
be sure to include the dot before the file name of the script and this only works in directories not on the external storage or on the "internal" sdcard because android mounts these with an option to disable the executable bit.

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xtrnet said:
What exactly is the problem?
I copied the script and tested it. There doesn't seem to be any errors.
P.S. The sh binary isn't in /bin it's in /system/bin
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None of the options work, I haven't tested this in ages nnow. Your supposed to type in a number and have iit do the function. Did not work last times I tried to do it.
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