cd Change Directory CD Change Directory - Select a Folder (and drive) Syntax CD [/D] [drive:][path] CD [..

] Key /D : change the current DRIVE in addition to changing folder. To change to the parent directory. C:\Work> CD .. To change to the grant-parent directory. C:\Work\backup\January> CD ..\.. To change to the ROOT directory. C:\Work\backup\January> CD \ To display the current directory in the specified drive. C:\> CD D: To display the current drive and directory. C:\Work> CD To display the current drive and directory. C:\Work> ECHO "%CD%" In a batch file to display the location of the batch script file (%0) C:\> ECHO "%~dp0" Moving down the folder tree with a full path reference to the ROOT folder... C:\windows> CD \windows\java C:\windows\java> Moving down the folder tree with a reference RELATIVE to the current folder.. . C:\windows> CD java C:\windows\java> Moving up and down the folder tree in one command... C:\windows\java> CD ..\system32 C:\windows\system32>If Command Extensions are enabled the CD command is enhan ced as follows: 1) The current directory string is converted to use the correct CASE. So CD C:\wiNnt would actually set the current directory to C:\Winnt 2) CD does not treat spaces as delimiters, so it is possible to CD into a subfolder name that contains a space without surrounding the name with quotes. For example: cd \My folder is the same as: cd "\My folder" 3) An asterisk can be used to complete a folder name e.g. from C:\ C:> CD pro* will move to C:\Program Files Examples

CHDIR is a synonym for CD Tab Completion This allows changing current folder by entering part of the path and pressing TAB C:> CD Prog [PRESS TAB] Will go to C:\Program Files\Tab Completion is disabled by default, it has bee n known to create difficulty when using a batch script to process text files that contain TAB characters. Tab Completion is turned on by setting the registry value shown below REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Command Processor] "CompletionChar"=dword:00000009 Changing the Current drive simply enter the drive letter followed by a colon C:> E: E:> To change drive and directory at the same time, use CD with the /D switch C:> cd /D E:\utils E:\utils\> "Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or the present are certain to miss the future" - John F. Kennedy Related: You can also change directory using the pushd command Q156276 - Cmd does not support UNC names as the current directory JSIFaq Tip 4757 - cd Folder navigation Powershell: Set-Location - Set the current working location Equivalent bash command (Linux): cd - Change Directory

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