Android - How to return to the home screen with a terminal command?

am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -c android.intent.category.HOME

More info about shell commands: an archived version of the AndroidWiki page

Actually you can just push the "home" button

adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_HOME

Consider taking at look at the following link: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html

input keyevent KEYCODE_HOME

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