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CMD change directory to parent directory n times

I don't know very much about cmd so I wonder if there is a shortcut to go n levels up with something like, for example:

cd ..^3

instead of:

cd ../../..

Related.

Solution

  • when typing at the cmd prompt:

    cd .. and enter
uparrow and enter
uparrow and enter

    In a batch file:

    cd ..
cd ..
cd ..

    or this:

    for /L %%a in (1,1,3) do cd ..