Android - I want to pass a large string using adb shell command. Is there a restriction on the length of the input string ?
$ adb shell input text
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Try it... you won't be able to believe any of the lies they'll tell you here anyway ;-)– vonbrandMar 7, 2014 at 1:27
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Try piping it in: stackoverflow.com/questions/15278587/pipe-into-adb-shell.– Mike LoweryMar 7, 2014 at 3:15
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According to my search. Max length for adb shell input text is 1024 bytes.
Here is the code of adb_client.c Android 4.4
if((len < 1) || (len > 1024)) {
strcpy(__adb_error, "service name too long");
return -1;
}
Reference: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/core/+/android-4.4_r1/adb/adb_client.c#184
