This guide is for installing Bash shell and Nano text editor on your device. Your device must be ROOTed, and this should work on just about any android device.
If you don't know what Bash or Nano are, then you probably don't want to install them. HUGE thanks to jmxp69 for originally posting this http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...shell-nano-tab-completion-color-over-ssh.html The binaries are over 2 years old, but bash and nano don't really change much over the years. They work great.
I have included a README.txt file to help with installing the binaries in case you have trouble.
Files included in the zip:
README.txt
bash v3.2.0
nano v2.0.9
profile
terminfo/
Quick install overview:
The included README.txt file gives more elaborate instructions, and command line examples for every step.
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THESE TOOLS ARE FOR EXPERIENCED OR CURIOUS USERS OF THE LINUX TERMINAL. The Linux Terminal is similar to DOS, except about 1000 times more useful/powerful. Hackers use these tools like: echo, tar, grep, find, diff, cat, dd, du, sed, ps, chown, mount, for/while loops, and a hundred other things. Rooted Androids have these tools, and Bash provides a familiar interface to them.
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If you don't know what Bash or Nano are, then you probably don't want to install them. HUGE thanks to jmxp69 for originally posting this http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...shell-nano-tab-completion-color-over-ssh.html The binaries are over 2 years old, but bash and nano don't really change much over the years. They work great.
I have included a README.txt file to help with installing the binaries in case you have trouble.
Files included in the zip:
README.txt
bash v3.2.0
nano v2.0.9
profile
terminfo/
Quick install overview:
- Make sure /system is mounted as writable.
- Copy bash and nano to /system/xbin and set them as executable.
- Remove /system/bin/sh and recreate it as a symlink to /system/xbin/bash.
- Copy profile and terminfo/ to /system/etc/
- Edit the intial command in your terminal emulator to export terminfo. ";export TERMINFO=/system/etc/terminfo;export TERM=linux;"
- Get some scripting done with your new setup!
The included README.txt file gives more elaborate instructions, and command line examples for every step.
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THESE TOOLS ARE FOR EXPERIENCED OR CURIOUS USERS OF THE LINUX TERMINAL. The Linux Terminal is similar to DOS, except about 1000 times more useful/powerful. Hackers use these tools like: echo, tar, grep, find, diff, cat, dd, du, sed, ps, chown, mount, for/while loops, and a hundred other things. Rooted Androids have these tools, and Bash provides a familiar interface to them.
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