[Q] ADB multiple line file listing - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello,
I have developed a program that will allow android users to navigate through the files. But the problem is that when I use the "ls" command it doesn't make always a new line after each file but it places it in one line.
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So my question is: Is there a way to make it list each file in new line? (using adb commands)

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What you are looking for is "ls -1" command. It works on bash shell. But not sure that it will work with adb.
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musarraf172 said:
What you are looking for is "ls -1" command. It works on bash shell. But not sure that it will work with adb.
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Oh great. Thank You for such a quick answer. It works !!! Now I can keep going with my program.
One more question. Do You know maybe how to handle files that have space in the name?

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jakuburban said:
Oh great. Thank You for such a quick answer. It works !!! Now I can keep going with my program.
One more question. Do You know maybe how to handle files that have space in the name?
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for every space you have to use a back slash. Example "/etc/my folder" will be "/etc/my\ folder"
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Would you mind to share more about your app?
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musarraf172 said:
for every space you have to use a back slash. Example "/etc/my folder" will be "/etc/my\ folder"
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Nope, that doesn't work

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adb shell ls -1
works for me!!!
ignore this!!!!

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jakuburban said:
Nope, that doesn't work
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It should . Open adb shell and try . Do'nt omit the space . You need to put the back slash to tell that a white space is coming in the file name . So "My Folder" will be "My\ Folder" not "My\Folder"

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musarraf172 said:
It should . Open adb shell and try . Do'nt omit the space . You need to put the back slash to tell that a white space is coming in the file name . So "My Folder" will be "My\ Folder" not "My\Folder"
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musarraf172 said:
Would you mind to share more about your app?
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1. I've tried to do it in many ways, the space was there but it just doesn't work. It won't work, it only shows the basic adb commands.
2.Yes, the app is in my description. This "Managing..."

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jakuburban said:
1. I've tried to do it in many ways, the space was there but it just doesn't work.
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Did you use both quotation marks and escaped the whitespace using backslash?
You have to use either or, so either
Code:
adb shell ls "/path/to/some file with space"
or
Code:
adb shell ls /path/to/some\ file\ with\ space
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The ls I have on my android device do not accept the -1 argument, so if you are aiming for compatibility using that is perhaps not a good idea.

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Yes I did. The ls -1 works fine but this "\ " doesn't work. It is still just seen as a normal space. Maybe there is a newer version of adb.exe that supports it
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But what about just quotation marks?
Code:
adb pull "/sdcard/INSTALKI/font smolna.zip"

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eppeP said:
But what about just quotation marks?
Code:
adb pull "/sdcard/INSTALKI/font smolna.zip"
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Thanks, that's what I wanted. We don't need to use "\ " only just a normal space but the whole location name must be in quotation marks