adb shell input text with space

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How to send text with spaces like "some text" using adb shell input text ?

Found following solution

adb shell input text "some%stext" is working fine. But any easy way to replace space with %s?

Example:

$ adb shell input text "some text"
Error: Invalid arguments for command: text
Usage: input [<source>] <command> [<arg>...]

The sources are: 
      keyboard
      mouse
      joystick
      touchnavigation
      touchpad
      trackball
      dpad
      stylus
      gamepad
      touchscreen

The commands and default sources are:
      text <string> (Default: touchscreen)
      keyevent [--longpress] <key code number or name> ... (Default: keyboard)
      tap <x> <y> (Default: touchscreen)
      swipe <x1> <y1> <x2> <y2> [duration(ms)] (Default: touchscreen)
      press (Default: trackball)
      roll <dx> <dy> (Default: trackball)
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5 Answers

You can do it with \<space>, like this:

adb shell input text "some\ text"
user_98616820

adb shell "input text 'some text'"

user_7871820

The best way replaces special characters with .

 val message = text.replace("|", "\\|")
            .replace("\"", "\\\"")
            .replace("\'", "\\\'")
            .replace("<", "\\<")
            .replace(">", "\\>")
            .replace(";", "\\;")
            .replace("?", "\\?")
            .replace("`", "\\`")
            .replace("&", "\\&")
            .replace("*", "\\*")
            .replace("(", "\\(")
            .replace(")", "\\)")
            .replace("~", "\\~")
            .replace(" ", "\\ ")
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