Управление текущим расположением Managing Current Location

При навигации по системам папок в проводнике у вас обычно есть определенное рабочее расположение, т. е. текущая открытая папка. When navigating folder systems in File Explorer, you usually have a specific working location — namely, the current open folder. Элементами в текущей папке можно легко управлять, щелкая их. Items in the current folder can be manipulated easily by clicking them. Когда в интерфейсе командной строки (например, Cmd.exe) открыта папка, в которой находится определенный файл, вы можете получить к нему доступ, указав короткое имя, а не вводить весь путь к файлу. For command-line interfaces such as Cmd.exe, when you are in the same folder as a particular file, you can access it by specifying a relatively short name, rather than needing to specify the entire path to the file. Текущий каталог называется рабочим. The current directory is called the working directory.

Windows PowerShell использует существительное Location для ссылки на рабочий каталог и реализует семейство командлетов для просмотра расположения и управления им. Windows PowerShell uses the noun Location to refer to the working directory, and implements a family of cmdlets to examine and manipulate your location.

Получение текущего расположения (Get-Location) Getting Your Current Location (Get-Location)

Чтобы определить путь к текущему каталогу, введите команду Get-Location : To determine the path of your current directory location, enter the Get-Location command:

Командлет Get-Location аналогичен команде pwd в оболочке BASH. The Get-Location cmdlet is similar to the pwd command in the BASH shell. Командлет Set-Location аналогичен команде cd в Cmd.exe. The Set-Location cmdlet is similar to the cd command in Cmd.exe.

Настройка текущего расположения (Set-Location) Setting Your Current Location (Set-Location)

Команда Get-Location используется с командой Set-Location . The Get-Location command is used with the Set-Location command. Команда Set-Location позволяет вам указать расположение текущего каталога. The Set-Location command allows you to specify your current directory location.

Обратите внимание, что после ввода команды вы не получите прямого отклика о действии команды. After you enter the command, you will notice that you do not receive any direct feedback about the effect of the command. Большинство команд Windows PowerShell, выполняющих действия, практически не создают выходных данных, так как выходные данные не всегда полезны. Most Windows PowerShell commands that perform an action produce little or no output because the output is not always useful. Чтобы проверить успешность внесения изменения в каталог при вводе команды Set-Location , включите параметр -PassThru при вводе команды Set-Location : To verify that a successful directory change has occurred when you enter the Set-Location command, include the -PassThru parameter when you enter the Set-Location command:

Параметр -PassThru можно использовать с некоторыми командами Set в Windows PowerShell для возврата сведений о результате в случае отсутствия выходных данных по умолчанию. The -PassThru parameter can be used with many Set commands in Windows PowerShell to return information about the result in cases in which there is no default output.

Вы можете указать пути относительно текущего расположения так же, как и в большинстве командных оболочек UNIX и Windows. You can specify paths relative to your current location in the same way as you would in most UNIX and Windows command shells. В стандартной нотации для относительных путей точка ( . ) представляет текущую папку, а две точки ( .. ) — родительский каталог текущего расположения. In standard notation for relative paths, a period ( . )represents your current folder, and a doubled period ( .. ) represents the parent directory of your current location.

Например, если вы находитесь в папке C:\Windows , точка ( . ) представляет C:\Windows , а две точки ( .. ) представляют C: . For example, if you are in the C:\Windows folder, a period ( . )represents C:\Windows and double periods ( .. ) represent C: . Текущее расположение можно изменить на корень диска C: путем ввода следующей команды: You can change from your current location to the root of the C: drive by typing:

Тот же метод работает в дисках Windows PowerShell, которые не являются дисками файловой системы, например HKLM: . The same technique works on Windows PowerShell drives that are not file system drives, such as HKLM: . В реестре в качестве расположения можно задать раздел HKLM\Software путем ввода следующего кода: You can set your location to the HKLM\Software key in the registry by typing:

После этого можно изменить расположение каталога на родительский каталог, который является корнем диска Windows PowerShell HKLM: с помощью относительного пути: You can then change the directory location to the parent directory, which is the root of the Windows PowerShell HKLM: drive, by using a relative path:

Вы можете ввести Set-Location или использовать любой из встроенных псевдонимов Windows PowerShell для Set-Location (cd, chdir, sl). You can type Set-Location or use any of the built-in Windows PowerShell aliases for Set-Location (cd, chdir, sl). Пример: For example:

Сохранение и отзыв последних расположений (Push-Location и Pop-Location) Saving and Recalling Recent Locations (Push-Location and Pop-Location)

При изменении расположения полезно отслеживать свое предыдущее расположение и иметь возможность вернуться к нему. When changing locations, it is helpful to keep track of where you have been and to be able to return to your previous location. Командлет Push-Location в Windows PowerShell создает упорядоченный журнал («стек») путей к каталогам, которые вы открывали, чтобы можно было вернуться на шаг назад по журналу путей к каталогу, используя дополнительный командлет Pop-Location . The Push-Location cmdlet in Windows PowerShell creates a ordered history (a «stack») of directory paths where you have been, and you can step back through the history of directory paths by using the complementary Pop-Location cmdlet.

Например, Windows PowerShell обычно запускается в корневом каталоге пользователя. For example, Windows PowerShell typically starts in the user’s home directory.

Слово стек имеет специальное значение во многих параметрах программирования, включая .NET Framework. The word stack has a special meaning in many programming settings, including .NET Framework. Например, в физическом стеке элементов последний элемент, помещенный в стек, является первым элементом, который можно извлечь из него. Like a physical stack of items, the last item you put onto the stack is the first item that you can pull off the stack. Добавление элемента в стек в разговорной речи называется «проталкиванием» элемента в стек. Adding an item to a stack is colloquially known as «pushing» the item onto the stack. Извлечение элемента из стека в разговорной речи называется «выводом» элемента из стека. Pulling an item off the stack is colloquially known as «popping» the item off the stack.

Чтобы передать текущее расположение в стек, а затем переместить его в папку локальных параметров, введите: To push the current location onto the stack, and then move to the Local Settings folder, type:

После этого можно передать расположение локальных параметров в стек и переместить его в папку Temp, введя следующее: You can then push the Local Settings location onto the stack and move to the Temp folder by typing:

Чтобы убедиться, что каталоги изменены, введите команду Get-Location : You can verify that you changed directories by entering the Get-Location command:

После этого можно перейти в последний открытый каталог, введя команду Pop-Location , и проверить изменение, введя команду Get-Location : You can then pop back into the most recently visited directory by entering the Pop-Location command, and verify the change by entering the Get-Location command:

Как и в случае с командлетом Set-Location , можно включить параметр -PassThru при вводе командлета Pop-Location , чтобы открыть указанный каталог: Just as with the Set-Location cmdlet, you can include the -PassThru parameter when you enter the Pop-Location cmdlet to display the directory that you entered:

Кроме того, можно использовать командлеты расположения с сетевыми путями. You can also use the Location cmdlets with network paths. Если у вас есть сервер FS01 с общей папкой Public, можно изменить расположение, введя If you have a server named FS01 with an share named Public, you can change your location by typing

Для изменения расположения на любой доступный диск можно использовать команды Push-Location и Set-Location . You can use the Push-Location and Set-Location commands to change the location to any available drive. Например, если у вас есть локальный дисковод компакт-дисков с буквой диска D, содержащий компакт-диск с данными, вы можете изменить расположение на дисковод компакт-дисков, введя команду Set-Location D: . For example, if you have a local CD-ROM drive with drive letter D that contains a data CD, you can change the location to the CD drive by entering the Set-Location D: command.

Если дисковод пуст, вы получите следующее сообщение об ошибке: If the drive is empty, you will get the following error message:

В интерфейсе командной строки проводник неудобно использовать для просмотра свободных физических дисков. When you are using a command-line interface, it is not convenient to use File Explorer to examine the available physical drives. Также в проводнике будут показаны не все диски PowerShell. Also, File Explorer would not show you the all of the Windows PowerShell drives. Windows PowerShell предоставляет набор команд для управления дисками Windows PowerShell, о которых речь пойдет далее. Windows PowerShell provides a set of commands for manipulating Windows PowerShell drives, and we will talk about these next.

Batch file : How to get current directory

Here’s a question from a blog reader.

“I need to write a batch script file which can traverse to different directories and do some operations on those directories. Once done, I need to come back to the original directory where the batch script started and do some more stuff. I need to get the initial starting directory and save it in a variable. My question is what’s the simple way to get the the directory from batch script. ”

Below is the answer for this question.

There is a very simple way to get the directory from a batch script file. CD environment variable stores the current directory of a command window session. Just run the command ‘echo %CD%’ and check it yourself.

Another way to do what the reader wanted would be to use the pushd and popd commands to traverse directories like a stack.

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If you traverse the flag of the 7th decimal variable. The channel of corresponding flag will stay static in the field of the command to enable what you need

How to create a batch file that can organise files into specific folders that have been downloaded from the internet.

Example; if I was to download a number of different file types such as a pdf, mp4,mp3, or an app, they would normally download into the download file by default. I would like to take the many different file types in the download folder and organise them into specific folders within my libraries by batching them. Can this be done?

You can download all the files into the default folder. Next, create a subfolder for each of the file type you have. Next, run the command below.

find path of current folder — cmd

I use this script to find out the current folder with its .bat file:

it doesn’t work correctly, if the path contains spaces(D:\Scripts\All Scripts -> retrieves only D:\Scripts\, if I place in the folder, whose path doesn’t have spaces it retrieves the full path). How can I fix it?

3 Answers 3

2015-03-30: Edited — Missing information has been added

To retrieve the current directory you can use the dynamic %cd% variable that holds the current active directory

This generates a value with a ending backslash for the root directory, and without a backslash for the rest of directories. You can force and ending backslash for any directory with

Or you can use another dynamic variable: %__CD__% that will return the current active directory with an ending backslash.

Also, remember the %cd% variable can have a value directly assigned. In this case, the value returned will not be the current directory, but the assigned value. You can prevent this with a reference to the current directory

Up to windows XP, the %__CD__% variable has the same behaviour. It can be overwritten by the user, but at least from windows 7 (i can’t test it on Vista), any change to the %__CD__% is allowed but when the variable is read, the changed value is ignored and the correct current active directory is retrieved (note: the changed value is still visible using the set command).

BUT all the previous codes will return the current active directory, not the directory where the batch file is stored.

It will return the directory where the batch file is stored, with an ending backslash.

BUT this will fail if in the batch file the shift command has been used

As the arguments to the batch file has been shifted, the %0 reference to the current batch file is lost.

To prevent this, you can retrieve the reference to the batch file before any shifting, or change the syntax to shift /1 to ensure the shift operation will start at the first argument, not affecting the reference to the batch file. If you can not use any of this options, you can retrieve the reference to the current batch file in a call to a subroutine

This approach can also be necessary if when invoked the batch file name is quoted and a full reference is not used (read here).

Command Prompt: 11 basic commands you should know (cd, dir, mkdir, etc.)

Geeks and experts love the Command Prompt because of the advanced commands it can run. Fortunately, Command Prompt is not built only on advanced commands, but also on simple ones, designed to perform basic operations. In this article, we show you how to execute commands such as changing the current directory, switching to another drive, viewing the contents of a directory, creating and renaming folders, copying, deleting files and folders, and launching applications from the Command Prompt. We are also going to show you how to get help when using this app for Windows. Let’s get started:

NOTE: The information shared in this tutorial applies to Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7. Note that, for simplicity, we are using screenshots taken only in Windows 10.

1. How to change the directory (folder) in Command Prompt (CMD)

The first command from the list is CD (Change Directory). This command enables you to change the current directory or, in other words, to navigate to another folder from your PC. For instance, the command CD takes you to the top of the directory tree. To see how it works, after you open the Command Prompt, type cd and press Enter on your keyboard. You should see how the CD command takes you to the top of the directory tree. In this case, to the “C:” drive.

Note that the Command Prompt is not case sensitive, meaning that you can type commands using capital letters, lowercase or any combination of them. The commands CD, cd or Cd, all work the same way.

Going back to the “CD” command, now you are working on the root of the “C:” drive. If you need to go to a specific folder from this drive run the command “CD Folder.” The subfolders must be separated by a backslash character: “.” For instance, when you need to access the System32 folder located in “C:\Windows,” type “cd windows\system32” as shown below, and then press Enter on your keyboard.

When you need to go one folder up, use the “cd..” command. Let’s assume that you want to go back to the Windows folder. Type “cd..” and press Enter on your keyboard.

The effect is that your current directory changes to “C:\Windows.”

2. How to change the drive in Command Prompt (CMD)

To access another drive, type the drive’s letter, followed by “:”. For instance, if you wanted to change the drive from “C:” to “D:”, you should type “d:” and then press Enter on your keyboard.

To change the drive and the directory at the same time, use the cd command, followed by the “/d” switch. The “/d” parameter is used to change the current drive to a specific folder from another disk volume.

For instance, if you are now on the “D:” drive and you want to go back to the Windows folder from the”C:” drive, you should type “cd /d C:\Windows” and press Enter on your keyboard, like in the following screenshot.

NOTE: By typing only the drive letter you automatically move to your most recent location on that drive. For instance, if you are on “D:” drive and type “cd c:\windows” nothing seems to happen. However, if you type “c:” then the working folder changes to “c:\windows,” assuming that it was the last folder you worked with on your “C:” drive.

3. How to view the contents of a directory in Command Prompt (CMD)

You can view the contents of a folder by using a command called DIR. To test it, we have created a folder named Digital_Citizen on the D: drive, with several files and subfolders. You can see them in the screenshot below.

The last time, our working folder was “C:\Windows.” To navigate to the folder mentioned above, we have to use the command “cd /d D:\Digital_Citizen.” To view the contents of the folder, type DIR, and press Enter. The list of the files and folders contained by it is displayed, together with some details about each of them (the size and the date and time when they were last modified).

4. How to create a new directory with Command Prompt (CMD)

You can make a new folder using the MKDIR (Make Directory) or the MD command. The syntax of these commands is “MKDIR Folder” or “MD Folder.”

Let’s say we need to create a new folder called Digital_Citizen_Life that is going to be placed in the “D:\Digital_Citizen” folder. To do that, we need to type “mkdir Digital_Citizen_Life” and then press Enter, as shown below.

To test if it worked, use the DIR command again. The newly created folder appears in the list.

NOTE: Do not forget that all these commands depend on the current location in the Command Prompt. For instance, if you are on the “C:” drive and type “MKDIR test,” the new folder is created in the root of the “C:” drive.

Another way to create a folder that does not involve being in the desired folder is to type the complete path of the new folder. For example, if you are working on the “D:” drive and you want to create a new folder in “C:,” called other_stuff, type “mkdir c:\other_stuff” and then press Enter.

When you need to create a folder with subfolders at the same time, you can use the “MKDIR FolderSubfolder” command. For instance, if we type “mkdir Digital_Citizen_Tests\Beta\Test1” three folders are created: Digital_Citizen_Tests, Beta and Test1, in a tree-like structure.

5. How to rename files and folders with Command Prompt (CMD)

To rename files and folders, you need to use the REN (Rename) command. To rename folders, type “ren Folder NewFolderName.” For example, if we wanted to rename the Digital_Citizen_Tests folder to Digital_Citizen_Final_Tests, we should run “ren Digital_Citizen_Tests Digital_Citizen_Final_Tests” and press Enter.

To rename a file, use the same command, like this: “ren filename.extension newname.extension”. For instance, to rename the Digital_Citizen_Picture1.bmp file to Image0.bmp, we have to run the command “ren Digital_Citizen_Image1.bmp Image0.bmp” command.

Read the second page of this tutorial if you want to learn how to copy files and folders, delete files and folders, start an application, and get help when using the Command Prompt.