? How get equivalent of cmd line dir > prn ?


  1. Posts : 47
    Win 7 Pro 64-bit
       #1

    ? How get equivalent of cmd line dir > prn ?


    Those who have never in their lives used any DOS, or the fake DOS CMD remnants embedded in Windows since Win 2000, will probably not understand why I would ever be using anything resembling a "command line."

    I used the command line DIR > PRN, where PRN is the default printer device, for longer than a quarter century, for specific reasons. This yields a fairly concise listing with much information. I thought that Win XP allowed this from a (pseudo)DOS prompt; maybe I remember incorrectly, and this worked only on earlier Windows versions.

    I have just figured out (stumbled onto) how to get a "command line prompt" in Win 7. Hit the Windows key, and type CMD into the search field. I can get a DIR on a given drive OK. But DIR > PRN warns me that the file, presumably PRN, cannot be found. So just since I started typing this post, I stumbled around and guessed that I could redirect the DIR to a txt file in some convenient directory. This works.

    I got to a pseudo-DOS screen, by hitting the Windows key, typing CMD, then typing DIR > listing.txt (could be any filename)

    The DIR listing was redirected to a new file, which I could then print by any of several means.

    Anybody suggest a shorter path to getting a DOS-like DIR printout?
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  2. Posts : 7,878
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #2

    Microsoft has included a command line interface in all of their operating systems. Being a long time computer user myself, there are a number of things that I do from the command line and wouldn't have it any other way. BTW: I'm also a Linux admin...so I'm very comfortable at a command line interface.

    I've been doing to the redirect to a file from the Windows and Linux command line for a number of years. I'm not aware of any quicker way.
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  3. Posts : 2,737
    Windows 7 Enterprise (x64); Windows Server 2008 R2 (x64)
       #3

    You can do it within Windows Explorer with this: How to add the Print Directory feature for folders in Windows XP, in Windows Vista, or in Windows 7

    or

    Context Menu - Add View and Print File Directory - Vista Forums

    OR

    If you really want to do it from the Command Prompt

    dir > %temp%\dirlist.txt & notepad /p %temp%\dirlist.txt
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  4. Posts : 37
    win7.7100x64
       #4

    hi

    I'm not sure if I really understand what you want to do, but try this: Windows 7 Blog | Inhalt der Eingabeaufforderung kopieren

    basically with the command: "dir | clip" you get the whole output of the command (dir) into the windows clipboard.
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  5. Posts : 1
    W7 U x64
       #5

    nechan said:
    hi

    I'm not sure if I really understand what you want to do, but try this: Windows 7 Blog | Inhalt der Eingabeaufforderung kopieren

    basically with the command: "dir | clip" you get the whole output of the command (dir) into the windows clipboard.
    thanks for that!

    also, you might find useful a trick to open command line (cmd) in your current explorer folder: Just press Shift+RMB, and you should get a 'hidden' context menu : "Open command window here"
    then use aforementioned "dir | clip", and you're good to go.
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