9.6 ADB List Installed Packages

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A shell command called pm can be utilised to list the installed packages. A bit of shell pipeline processing produces more accessible output.

$ adb shell 'pm list packages -f' | sed -e 's/.*=//' | sort
android
android.AbcApplication
au.com.bitbot.phonetowers
au.com.optus.selfservice
au.com.qantas.qantas
au.com.willyweather
ch.blinkenlights.android.vanilla
ch.deletescape.lawnchair.plah
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