adb shell input text "&" doesn't work, nor does adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_AMPERSAND.
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Does either of these work? `adb shell input text ^&`, `adb shell input text "^&"`. – yellowantphil Feb 12 '15 at 04:33
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`adb shell "input text \&"` – Alex P. Feb 12 '15 at 17:42
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I am also using Arch Linux and bash, and Paresh's answer works for me. If it doesn't work for you, I don't know why not... maybe we have different versions of Android or adb. I'm running Cyanogenmod 11. I could try later on my other phone that has Android 4.1. – yellowantphil Feb 12 '15 at 22:18
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`adb shell input text "\&"` works on both of my phones. – yellowantphil Feb 13 '15 at 02:55
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adb 1.0.32, CyanogenMod 11-20141008-SNAPSHOT-M11-hammerhead, Android 4.4.4 – Alex Henrie Feb 13 '15 at 10:07
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Neither `adb shell input text ^&` nor `adb shell input text "^&"` works. – Alex Henrie Feb 13 '15 at 10:08
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Maybe try asking at [XDA Developers](http://www.xda-developers.com/) or the [Android Stack Exchange](http://android.stackexchange.com/). – yellowantphil Feb 13 '15 at 14:36
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Try:
adb shell input text "\&"
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Works for me on Ubuntu/zsh and Android M. The reason you need to doubly-escape the string is that [there are two shells: your shell, and the adb shell](https://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=61561). – Dan Dascalescu Dec 11 '15 at 02:04
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For anyone stumbling across this in the future, the escape that finally worked from me was not \&, but rather "\&"
as in
adb shell echo Macaroni "\&" Cheese
and not
adb shell echo Macaroni \& Cheese
Hopefully this helps someone.
For the record, this is on Windows.
