How can I run command in a folder without changing my current directory to it?

If you want to avoid the second cd you can use

(cd .folder && command --key)
another_command --key

Without cd... Not even once. I found two ways:

# Save where you are and cd to other dir
pushd .folder
command --key
# Get back where you were at the beginning.
popd
another_command --key

and second:

find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name ".folder" -execdir command --key \;
another_command --key

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