Directory Stack

Syntax#

• PUSHD [path]
• POPD

Parameters#

• Using pushd without parameters will print the stack.
• The popd command will overwrite the current Current Directory value.

Delete Text Files

The following example shows how you can use the pushd command and the popd command in a batch program to change the current directory from the one in which the batch program was run and then change it back:

@echo off
rem This batch file deletes all .txt files in a specified directory
pushd %1
del *.txt
popd
cls
echo All text files deleted in the %1 directory

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Print Directory Stack

To print the directory stack, use the command pushd without any parameters:

@echo off

cd C:\example\
pushd one
pushd ..\two
pushd ..\..


pushd
echo Current Directory: %cd%

echo:
popd
pushd three

pushd
echo Current Directory: %cd%

Output:

C:\example\two                            
C:\example\one
C:\example                                
Current Directory: C:\                        

C:\example\two                            
C:\example\one
C:\example                                
Current Directory: C:\example\two\three