Android Runtime.getRuntime().exec

 try {
            // Executes the command.
            Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);  

            // NOTE: You can write to stdin of the command using
            // process.getOutputStream().
            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
            int read;
            char[] buffer = new char[4096];
            StringBuffer output = new StringBuffer();
            while ((read = reader.read(buffer)) > 0) {
                output.append(buffer, 0, read);
            }
            reader.close();  

            // Waits for the command to finish.
            process.waitFor();  

            return output.toString();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        } catch (InterruptedException e) {
            throw new RuntimeException(e);
        }
    }

String mProjectName = doCommand("cat /proc/version").trim();
        Log.d(TAG, "mProjectName =" + mProjectName);