How to run commands via NodeJS child process?

I am trying to run commands on Windows via NodeJS child processes:

var terminal = require('child_process').spawn('cmd');

terminal.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
    console.log('stdout: ' + data);
});

terminal.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
    console.log('stderr: ' + data);
});

terminal.on('exit', function (code) {
    console.log('child process exited with code ' + code);
});

setTimeout(function() {
    terminal.stdin.write('echo %PATH%');
}, 2000);

When it calls ti.stdin.write, it writes it to the stdin descriptor, but how do I trigger cmd to react at this point? How do I send the "enter" key signal that you do when you are actually typing in command prompt? Currently I get no response from cmd.