Getting absolute path with

Question

Is it possible to output the absolute file path when executing ls -l on Android (e.g. via adb shell or in a terminal app)?

Here is the output I get from ls -l /etc/ (I have root access):

E:\Dropbox\Droid Explorer\src\main\resources\com\droid\explorer\adb>adb shell su root ls -l /etc/

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

  16656 2009-01-01 03:00 CHANGELOG-CM.txt

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

9944 2009-01-01 03:00 CHANGES.txt

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

 154482 2009-01-01 03:00 NOTICE.html.gz

drwxr-xr-x root
  root

  2009-01-01 03:00 acdbdata

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

 598006 2009-01-01 03:00 apns-conf.xml

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

5491 2009-01-01 03:00 audio_effects.conf

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

6198 2009-01-01 03:00 audio_policy.conf

drwxr-xr-x root
  root

  2009-01-01 03:00 bash

drwxr-xr-x root
  root

  2009-01-01 03:00 bluetooth

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

 101774 2009-01-01 03:00 build-manifest.xml

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

1045 2009-01-01 03:00 clatd.conf

drwxr-xr-x root
  root

  2009-01-01 03:00 dhcpcd

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

1362 2009-01-01 03:00 ethertypes

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

  18300 2009-01-01 03:00 event-log-tags

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

  14309 2009-01-01 03:00 fallback_fonts.xml

What I would like to get is the absolute path, ex:

E:\Dropbox\Droid Explorer\src\main\resources\com\droid\explorer\adb>adb shell su root ls -l /etc/

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

  16656 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/CHANGELOG-CM.txt

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

9944 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/CHANGES.txt

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

 154482 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/NOTICE.html.gz

drwxr-xr-x root
  root

  2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/acdbdata

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

 598006 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/apns-conf.xml

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

5491 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/audio_effects.conf

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

6198 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/audio_policy.conf

drwxr-xr-x root
  root

  2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/bash

drwxr-xr-x root
  root

  2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/bluetooth

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

 101774 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/build-manifest.xml

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

1045 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/clatd.conf

drwxr-xr-x root
  root

  2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/dhcpcd

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

1362 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/ethertypes

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

  18300 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/event-log-tags

-rw-r--r-- root
  root

  14309 2009-01-01 03:00 /etc/fallback_fonts.xml

— Jonathan Beaudoin | Sources

Answer

ls by default list everything supplied via argument. From man ls:

-d, --directory
list directories themselves, not their contents

-l use a long listing format

So you can simly supply everything inside your targer directory, and give the option -d.

[adb shell] [su -c] ls -dl /etc/*

^ optional, depending on your shell environment

Which gives

rwxr--r-- 1 root root 1024 Jun 4 22:32 /etc/hosts

...

(and a lone list)

— iBug | Sources

Getting absolute path with "ls" command

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