This command will show also if the file is hidden
adb shell ls -laR | grep filename
Open cmd type adb shell
then press enter.
Type ls
to view files list.
Some Android phones contain Busybox. Was hard to find.
To see if busybox was around:
ls -lR / | grep busybox
If you know it's around. You need some read/write space. Try you flash drive, /sdcard
cd /sdcard
ls -lR / >lsoutput.txt
upload to your computer. Upload the file. Get some text editor. Search for busybox. Will see what directory the file was found in.
busybox find /sdcard -iname 'python*'
to make busybox easier to access, you could:
cd /sdcard
ln -s /where/ever/busybox/is busybox
/sdcard/busybox find /sdcard -iname 'python*'
Or any other place you want. R
just to add the full command:
adb shell ls -R | grep filename
this is actually a pretty fast lookup on Android
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