use cmd.exe to change directory and run command in that directory

Question

All I want to do is: - change to specific directory of a different drive - run a command in that directory e.g. dir I need to do this in one line using cmd.exe starting from a different drive I would do this like this: ``` c: cd temp dir ``` so in one statement so far I have: ``` cmd /c c: & cd	emp & dir ``` But this just gives me dir for the P: directory which I start from. How can I get dir returned from c:	emp? I can't run a batch file and it must be in a one-line statement.

Accepted Answer

You may want to invoke CD with the /d option, thus not only changing the current directory on drive c: but also going there (in case you are not already on that drive).

```
 cmd /c "cd /d c:	emp && dir"
```

use cmd.exe to change directory and run command in that directory

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