Listing the contents of a device

pwabrahams · 11-12-2015, 04:38 PM

On the left side of the Dolphin screen, there are several categories, one of which is "Devices". These include (on my system) "Asus","Bluetooth", a couple of disks, and some others. They aren't listed under those names within root. Their contents can be displayed in the Dolphin window, but how can I list them from the command line using ls?

ardvark71 · 11-12-2015, 04:58 PM

Hi...

I'm not entirely sure what you mean but would the following commands be of help?

Code:

lshw -short

Code:

lshw

Regards...

pwabrahams · 11-12-2015, 05:24 PM

lshw produces a huge amount of output but nonetheless doesn't show anything for the devices I'm particularly interested in at the moment -- the files on an Android phone accessed via mtp.

ardvark71 · 11-12-2015, 06:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwabrahams

lshw produces a huge amount of output but nonetheless doesn't show anything for the devices I'm particularly interested in at the moment -- the files on an Android phone accessed via mtp.

So you're trying to access or download files from an Android phone and it's not being recognized by your system? If your connecting to the phone by USB, does "lsusb" show anything? I'm not sure what you're trying to do here.

Regards...

pwabrahams · 11-12-2015, 07:37 PM

For an attached digital camera, camera: will list the photos on the camera, but ls camera: will not.

ardvark71 · 11-12-2015, 08:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pwabrahams

For an attached digital camera, camera: will list the photos on the camera, but ls camera: will not.

Hi...

If using ls for this is possible, I'm not sure how to do it. I did find some switches (or flags) here, although I'm not sure if it will be able to tell you anything new.

Regards...

Dman58 · 11-12-2015, 10:44 PM

You have to do identity the device name that it gets when plugged in. CAMERA definitely wouldn't be an option but something like

Code:

ls /media/something/or/other

Code:

ls /run/cam01/dcim

Possibly you can right class click on the device or in the url area of Dolphin to get the absolute path

Try using a file manager on the Droid to see how it identifies these things then input that same info for the 'ls' command