Root [HOW-TO] Get bash in Terminal Emulator

[EarlyMon]

You may already have bash, but if not, this will give you one. Following that, methods are shown to have it as your default shell in Terminal Emulator and deploy a bashrc startup file.

Please make a nandroid backup before tinkering with this.

First, download bash from -

How to cross-compile BASH for Android | Roy Cormier


If your browser opens a page of gobbletygook, go back, long press the "HERE" link, and choose Save Link.

It may save as bash-arm.txt or bash-arm.bin with your browser. Use EStrongs File Explorer to rename to just bash-arm without the extension.

Next, use EStrongs to give you Root Explorer privilege and mount /system r/w for writing.

Move or copy bash-arm to /system/xbin and then go there and long press the name, Properties, and set permissions to rwxr-xr-x.

Open Terminal Emulator, enter the following commands exactly -

su
cd /system/bin
ln -s /system/xbin/bash-arm bash
exit


Go into Terminal Emulator Preferences and set the following command line -

/system/xbin/bash-arm -

Set initial command to -

export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH; source /sdcard/bash/bashrc

Create the bash folder under /sdcard, use EStrongs for that.

Create the file bashrc in /sdcard/bash and copy/paste the following into it -

#!/system/xbin/bash-arm

alias ll="ls -l -a"
alias llm="ls -l -a | more"

PS1="[\w] \$ "
clear
echo "Welcome, bash!"

Restart Terminal Emulator to see the effect.

The soft link in /system/bin allows you to enter bash from an adb shell by just entering: bash

Note that this does not replace your /system/bin/sh like other methods, so it's completely safe and won't break any other Android scripts.

Enjoy.

Please make a nandroid backup before tinkering with this.

Consider using with Hackers Keyboard for best results.

PS - this is entirely my own method, feel free to copy and share.