shell script in android gives [: not found

Question

I have this script which works on my linux machine

#!/bin/sh
c=1
if [ $c == 1 ]
then
  echo c is 1
else
  echo c is 0
fi

But when I use this in android as follows:

#!/system/bin/sh
c=1
if [ $c == 1 ]
then
  echo c is 1
else
  echo c is 0
fi

It gives an error like:

[: not found

EDIT

Is there any other logic to check the value of $c , whether it is 1 or 0 ?

Android shell have problem with [] in if so is there any other way to check the value of c ?

Answer 1

andriod shell sh is actually a link to busybox, and it is invoked as

busybox sh

you need setup [ applets manually

busybox ln -s /your_original_sh_path/busybox [ 

if you don't know where busybox is put, try list the /system/bin/sh which you give

ls /system/bin/sh
busybox which busybox

Answer 2

generally [ is an alias for test ,

in Linux machine test is at

/usr/bin/test

and

if [ $c == 1 ]

is evaluated as

if test "$c" = 1

BUT here in android there is no test

so if with [] will not work in any case...

i will cross compile test for android and check it....!!!

Answer 3

Android does not provide a full UNIX environment, it is not a UNIX operating system. It has some similarities, much like how Windows also has some similarities to UNIX. Some Android devices and ROMs try to provide more of a UNIX-like environment that others, but you cannot rely on most of the standard shell scripting tools being installed if you are thinking about cross-device compatibility.

So for example, if you look at your GNU/Linux system, you can see that test and [ are actually programs. Try this: ls -l /usr/bin/[ . Most Android installs do not include test or [ . That means that if you want to try to do actual programming with Android's minimal shell environment, you have to use lots of odd tricks. You can install busybox to get a full UNIX shell environment, or you can even build busybox into your app. I do that when I need to include shell scripts in an app (for example, Lil' Debi and Commotion MeshTether ).

Here's an example of writing a killall in Android's /system/bin/sh environment: http://en.androidwiki.com/wiki/Android_Shell_tips_and_tricks You can also use the various parameter expansions to create some logic, you can see an example of that in the Barnacle Wifi Tether scripts .

Answer 4

Use bash:

#!/system/bin/bash

or

#!/system/xbin/bash

You can check where your sh binary is pointing to on your Linux machine:

ls -l /bin/sh

Edit

BTW, use:

c=1
if [ $c -eq 1 ]
then
  echo c is 1
else
  echo c is 0
fi

Answer 5

Think you using the wrong arithmetic operator and there is a syntax error of a missing ";": try

[ $c -eq 1 ];

Also your location for Bash (sh) might be wrong at the top of your file:

#!/system/bin/sh

Answer 6

How about checking that the .sh file doesn't contain a carriage return before line feed.

Windows \\r\\n -> CR LF

Unix \\n -> LF

Answer 7

use /system/bin/cmp for equality test. if you need numerically test, substitute $(($c == 1)) with $c

#!/system/bin/sh
echo $c >/tmp/a
echo 1 >/tmp/b
if cmp /tmp/a /tmp/b
    echo c is 1
else
    echo c is 0
fi

Answer 8

I run into this issue also and found a solution (on another site)

if [[ $b -gt 0]]
then
    echo 'Hooray it works'
else
    echo 'still works'
fi