grep the adb logcat & write the output to a text file

android file text grep logcat
AndroidGuy picture AndroidGuy · Feb 5, 2013 · Viewed 45.2k times · Source

I want to grep the adb logcat & write the output to a text file. If I just do 

./adb logcat > std.txt

it writes the entire log to the text file & If I do 

./adb logcat | grep ABC

it prints all lines containing ABC to my terminal. But now I wish to search for ABC & write only these lines to a text file.

./adb logcat | grep ABC > std.txt

doesn't work. Plz help.

Answer

Brtle picture Brtle · Aug 9, 2013

I think there is a problem with grep buffering. You can try something like this:

./adb logcat | grep --line-buffered ABC > std.txt

It should be the same problem for chained grep.

EDIT: A similar question can be found here: Why no output is shown when using grep twice?.

Related questions

Android: Write text to txt

With the following code, I try to write to my sdcard: public void writedata(String data) { //BufferedWriter out = null; System.out.println(data); try{ FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File("/sdcard/tsxt.txt")); out.write(data.getBytes()); out.close(); } catch (…

Read More
Convert file: Uri to File in Android

What's the easiest way to convert from a file: android.net.Uri to a File in Android? Tried the following but it doesn't work: final File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "read.me"); Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file); File auxFile = …

Read More
How to create a file in Android?

How to create a file, write data into it and read data from it on Android? If possible provide a code snippet.

Read More