JakeWharton / pidcat

PID Cat ======= An update to Jeff Sharkey's excellent [logcat color script][1] 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: Install ------- Get the script: • OS X: Use [Homebrew][2]. brew install pidcat If you need to install the latest development version brew unlink pidcat brew install --HEAD pidcat • Arch Linux : Install the package called from the [AUR][4]. • Others: Download the and place it on your PATH. Make sure that from the [Android SDK][3] is on your PATH. This script will not work unless this is that case. That means, when you type and press enter into your terminal something actually happens. To include and other android tools on your path: export PATH=$PATH: /platform-tools export PATH=$PATH: /tools Include these lines in your or . *Note:* should be absolute and not relative. requires at least version 8.30 of . Ubuntu 20.04 LTS already ships with it, for 18.04 and below, can be upgraded from the repo by running the following: [1]: http://jsharkey.org/blog/2009/04/22/modifying-the-android-logcat-stream-for-full-color-debugging/ [2]: http://brew.sh [3]: http://developer.android.com/sdk/ [4]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/pidcat-git/