to be specific this is what the adb says: E4810:
/ $ monkey -p com.android.cts.launcher -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER 1
bash arg: -p
bash arg: com.android.cts.launcher
bash arg: -c
bash arg: android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
bash arg: 1
args: [-p, com.android.cts.launcher, -c, android.intent.category.LAUNCHER, 1]
arg: "-p"
arg: "com.android.cts.launcher"
arg: "-c"
arg: "android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"
arg: "1"
data="com.android.cts.launcher"
data="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER"
Events injected: 1
Network stats: elapsed time=46ms (0ms mobile, 0ms wifi, 46ms not connected)
E4810:/ $ monkey -p com.android.cts.launcher(1) -c android.intent.category.LAUNCHER 1
/system/bin/sh: syntax error: unexpected '('
1|E4810:/ $