adblogga

Color coded adb (Android Debug Bridge) logcat output with on-the-fly configurable filters for any part of the log entry. It's a terminal program, you shouldn't use your mouse ;).

Why?

• set and forget: automatically reconnects if a device is removed, no need to restart from the command line
• easy to pause the output (press Enter => you're in command mode, no messages displayed but buffered, press Enter again to exit and continue and flush the buffered messages)
• easy to enter a visual break (press Enter two times => a line is displayed in the terminal)
• easy to clear the screen (press Enter, then "c" then Enter)
• easy to log only some messages (press Enter, type "+WifiService" then Enter => only message containing "WifiService" will be displayed, repeat this to add even more messages)
• easy to exclude some message (press Enter, type "-dalvikvm" then Enter => no message containing "dalvikvm" displayed, repeat this to fine to the exclude filter)
• specify a package name on the command line (-p) to show only it's messages (more include and exclude entries can be added of course)
• profiles support (collection of include and exclude definitions, package/process name to filter messages)

For the base concept thanks to Jeff Sharkey and the coloredlogcat.py ( http://bit.ly/15XoV8U ).

Install!

Choose a directory for the installation and clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/parhuzamos/adblogga.git

Switch to the repo:

cd adblogga

Create a symlink into your favorite directory in the path (eg ~/bin):

ln -s `pwd`/adblogga.php ~/bin/adblogga

Use it:

adblogga

How?

Start from the command line (remember, you have to start only once, it can be running for days/weeks, no restart required!):

# show messages from "com.example.application1" package/process, also load include&exclude filters from the profile "controls"
adblogga -pcom.example.application1 -Pcontrols

Optional command line switches:

• -p"packagename"

  Show message only for the given package/process:

# each syntax is the same
adblogga -pcom.example.application1
adblogga -p"com.example.application1"
adblogga -p=com.example.application1
adblogga -p="com.example.application1"

• -P"profile"

  Load settings (include, exclude, package/process filter) from the given profile, changes are also saved to this profile:

adblogga -Pdefault

• -i"string"

  Add an include filter when starting:

adblogga -iimportant-message
adblogga -i"Important Message"

• -e"string"

  Add an exclude filter when starting:

adblogga -enever-show-this
adblogga -e"Never show this"

• -c"string"

  If string occours in any message, the screen is cleared. Usefull for catching application start to clear the screen.

adblogga -c"Starting com.example.application1"

Soon...

• more command line parameters (--clear)
• include
• exclude
• clear
• +"string" - only include this message (can be specified multiple times)
• +*
• -* - instead use +something
• ! - show settings
• p"package" - show message from only process/package
• l"profile" - load settings from profile
• s"profile" - save current settings to profile

More?

Soon...

• terminator, small font, split window, one with all log entry, one with a profile

Todo!

See & edit here: https://waffle.io/parhuzamos/adblogga

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