How do I adb pull ALL files of a folder present in SD Card

Question

I have a folder in my SD Card as: /mnt/sdcard/Folder1/Folder2/Folder3/*.jpg

The name of Folder1 and Folder2 remains constant and inside Folder2 I have F

Answer 1

Single File/Folder using pull:

adb pull "/sdcard/Folder1"

Output:

adb pull "/sdcard/Folder1"
pull: building file list...
pull: /sdcard/Folder1/image1.jpg -> ./image1.jpg
pull: /sdcard/Folder1/image2.jpg -> ./image2.jpg
pull: /sdcard/Folder1/image3.jpg -> ./image3.jpg
3 files pulled. 0 files skipped.

Specific Files/Folders using find from BusyBox:

adb shell find "/sdcard/Folder1" -iname "*.jpg" | tr -d '\015' | while read line; do adb pull "$line"; done;

Here is an explanation:

adb shell find "/sdcard/Folder1" - use the find command, use the top folder
-iname "*.jpg"                   - filter the output to only *.jpg files
|                                - passes data(output) from one command to another
tr -d '\015'                     - explained here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9664086/bash-is-removing-commands-in-while
while read line;                 - while loop to read input of previous commands
do adb pull "$line"; done;         - pull the files into the current running directory, finish. The quotation marks around $line are required to work with filenames containing spaces.

The scripts will start in the top folder and recursively go down and find all the "*.jpg" files and pull them from your phone to the current directory.

Answer 2

Please try with just giving the path from where you want to pull the files I just got the files from sdcard like

adb pull sdcard/

do NOT give * like to broaden the search or to filter out. ex: adb pull sdcard/*.txt --> this is invalid.

just give adb pull sdcard/

Answer 3

If you want to pull a directory with restricted access from a rooted device you need to restart adb as root: type adb root before pull. Otherwise you'll get an error saying remote object '/data/data/xxx.example.app' does not exist

Answer 4

if your using jellybean just start cmd, type adb devices to make sure your readable, type adb pull sdcard/ sdcard_(the date or extra) <---this file needs to be made in adb directory beforehand. PROFIT!

In other versions type adb pull mnt/sdcard/ sdcard_(the date or extra)

Remember to make file or your either gonna have a mess or it wont work.

Answer 5

On Android 6 with ADB version 1.0.32, you have to put / behind the folder you want to copy. E.g adb pull "/sdcard/".

Answer 6

Directory pull is available on new android tools. ( I don't know from which version it was added, but its working on latest ADT 21.1 )

adb pull /sdcard/Robotium-Screenshots
pull: building file list...
pull: /sdcard/Robotium-Screenshots/090313-110415.jpg -> ./090313-110415.jpg
pull: /sdcard/Robotium-Screenshots/090313-110412.jpg -> ./090313-110412.jpg
pull: /sdcard/Robotium-Screenshots/090313-110408.jpg -> ./090313-110408.jpg
pull: /sdcard/Robotium-Screenshots/090313-110406.jpg -> ./090313-110406.jpg
pull: /sdcard/Robotium-Screenshots/090313-110404.jpg -> ./090313-110404.jpg
5 files pulled. 0 files skipped.
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