Change directory in Node.js command prompt

Question

I want to move to another directory in Node.js command prompt but when I open the Node.js cmd window it doesn't show me any path. Here is the screenshot of the Node.js cmd window:

Now if i want to change directory to D:\abc then how can i do it here?

Solution 1

That isn't the Node.js command prompt window. That is a language shell to run JavaScript commands, also known as a REPL.

In Windows, there should be a Node.js command prompt in your Start menu or start screen:

Which will open a command prompt window that looks like this:

From there you can switch directories using the cd command.

Solution 2

To switch to the another directory process.chdir("../");

Solution 3

If you mean to change default directory for "Node.js command prompt", when you launch it, then (Windows case)

1. go the directory where NodeJS was installed
2. find file nodevars.bat
3. open it with editor as administrator

4. change the default path in the row which looks like

   if "%CD%\"=="%~dp0" cd /d "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%"
   

with your path. It could be for example

    if "%CD%\"=="%~dp0" cd /d "c://MyDirectory/"

if you mean to change directory once when you launched "Node.js command prompt", then execute the following command in the Node.js command prompt:

     cd c:/MyDirectory/

Solution 4

Add the \d [dir] attribute to the cd command like this:

cd \d %yourdir%:\

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Comments

[kirtan403]

I am not able to change the directory using the shown command prompt.

[Megha]

Even I am not able to change directory. Any inputs?

[rink.attendant.6]

@Meghaa I've added a new screenshot showing how to change drives and directories

[Megha]

@rink.attendant.6: Thanks a lot

[nam]

@Megha For example, in my case I wanted to change directory to C:\Test. When I ran >C: it changed the directory to C:\Program Files\nodejs that is the install directory of nodejs on my Windows 10. I than ran cd c:\Test and it changed the command line path to c:\Test>.

[yohosuff]

You can also drop the trailing slash (ie. process.chdir("..")).