`sbt run` from outside the project directory

Question

When I want to run my Scala project, I cd to the project directory and do

$ sbt \"run arg1\"

How can I do the same operation from

Answer 1

My answer is inpired by this more general question: How do I run a program with a different working directory from current, from Linux shell?

(cd myPath/; sbt "run arg1")

or

(cd myPath/ && exec sbt "run arg1")