How do I change directory and run a file in that directory in powershell?

Question

For example, i want to run cygwin.bat which is located in the c:/cygwin/ directory...

I tried the following but got an error:

cd c:/cygwin ./cygwin.bat

Answer 1

cd c:/cygwin and ./cygwin.bat are two different statements. You can execute them from the interactive console like so:

PS C:\>       cd c:/cygwin 
PS C:\cygwin> ./cygwin.bat

Or, if you really want to do it on the same line, then use a ; between them to indicate separate statements.

cd c:/cygwin ; ./cygwin.bat

Answer 2

best way is the way its always been

c:\cygwin\cygwin.bat

it's all you need to type

Answer 3

Try iex

$command = "cd c:/cywin"
iex $command