/pidcat

Colored logcat script which only shows log entries for a specific application package.

Primary LanguagePython

PID Cat

An update to Jeff Sharkey's excellent logcat color script which only shows log entries for processes from a specific application package.

During application development you often want to only display log messages coming from your app. Unfortunately, because the process ID changes every time you deploy to the phone it becomes a challenge to grep for the right thing.

This script solves that problem by filtering by application package. Supply the target package as the sole argument to the python script and enjoy a more convenient development process.

pidcat com.oprah.bees.android

Here is an example of the output when running for the Google Plus app:

Example screen

Install

Get the script:

  • OS X: Use Homebrew.

     brew install pidcat

    If you need to install the latest development version

    brew unlink pidcat  
brew install --HEAD pidcat

  • Others: Download the pidcat.py and place it on your PATH.

Make sure that adb from the Android SDK is on your PATH. This script will not work unless this is that case. That means, when you type adb and press enter into your terminal something actually happens.

On Windows, you can do pip install colorama if you see weird arrows instead of colors. In case that does not help, try using option -f.

To include adb and other android tools on your path:

export PATH=$PATH:<path to Android SDK>/platform-tools
export PATH=$PATH:<path to Android SDK>/tools

Include these lines in your .bashrc or .zshrc.