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title: Open a emulator on command line

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 # Open a emulator on command line
 
 * On Linux
     * `cd ${ANDROID_HOME}/emulator-2`
     * To list all emulators
     `./emulator -list-avds`
     * `./emulator -avd ${emualtor name}`
     * To close the emulator
     press `ctrl+c` on the keyboard