[kwlug-disc] Android question

[Keefer Rourke]

>
> Is there "shell" for Android?


Absolutely there is. On stock Android you have the root shell accessible
via adb, and you can also download a terminal emulator which will give you
shell access in the user space. This shell is very limited however, so
doing fancy things is probably difficult/impossible.

If your Android is rooted and has busybox however, that's an entirely
different story. Enjoy your full shell.

On topic though, writing a script to do this might be a bit convoluted or
unnecessary, given the number of options available for POS apps, both
flossy and non-free.

Cheers,
Keefer

On 26 May 2015 at 23:37, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> From top of my head...
> Is there "shell" for Android?  If so, then you can just write a script
> to spit out CSV line using user's data.
> --
> William
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 01:19:40AM +0000, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > You know, despite all the great suggestions here, I find these days that
> > the Google Play store is getting to be a very scary place.  Some of the
> > comments people post under an app are just plain hostile.
> >
> > That being said, my searches all seem to lean towards "TabShop Android
> > POS".  It's much more complicated that what we need it for, but I wonder
> if
> > I can "dumb it down" to make it easy to use.  I might just install it and
> > see what happens.
> >
> > Thanks to all who responded...
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 26 May 2015 at 19:12 John Johnson <jvj at golden.net> wrote:
> >
> > >  Borrowing from other suggestions:
> > > Googled with the terms *google play pos*
> > > and was hit with whole lot of hits for Android.
> > > /play
> > > JohnJ
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 2015-05-25 14:05, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, not a Linux question in the purest sense...
> > >
> > >  Wifeski asked me if there's a program that she can load on her Android
> > > tablet that will help her to keep track of her sales.  Basically she
> needs
> > > to be able to say "so-and-so paid in full $xxx" and at the end of year
> we
> > > can dump that info to a spreadsheet on a computer for doing the taxes.
> > >
> > >  She doesn't need to actually print receipts from the tablet, just
> input
> > > the data for them (then print 1 per client at the end of the year, but
> from
> > > a PC)
> > >
> > >  Does anyone know of such a beast?  I've been flipping through the Play
> > > store but not finding much yet.
> > >
> > >
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