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cd — Display the current working directory or move to a different directory. In PowerShell, this command

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Problem

How to use the cd command: Display the current working directory or move to a different directory. In PowerShell, this command is an alias of Set-Location. This documentation is based on the Command Prompt (cmd) version of cd. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cd>.

Solution

cd — Display the current working directory or move to a different directory. In PowerShell, this command is an alias of Set-Location. This documentation is based on the Command Prompt (cmd) version of cd. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/cd>.

View documentation of the equivalent PowerShell command:
tldr set-location


Display the path of the current directory:
cd


Go to a specific directory on the same drive:
cd {{path\to\directory}}


Go to a specific directory on a different [d]rive:
cd /d {{C}}:{{path\to\directory}}


Go up to the parent of the current directory:
cd ..


Go to the home directory of the current user:
cd %userprofile%


Go to root of current drive:
cd \

Code Snippets

View documentation of the equivalent PowerShell command

tldr set-location

Display the path of the current directory

cd

Go to a specific directory on the same drive

cd {{path\to\directory}}

Go to a specific directory on a different [d]rive

cd /d {{C}}:{{path\to\directory}}

Go up to the parent of the current directory

cd ..

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tldr-pages: windows/cd

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