Dir In Dos Mode To Printer

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marvo

In the old DOS mode it was easy to send the results of the DIR
command to my printer by dir |prt or dir |lpt using the "pipe".
Can this be done in XP?
 
A quick way to achieve a similar result is:
1. Enter command mode (Run / type "cmd" / enter)
2. Change to the directory that you want to print. (with the CD command)
3. Type "dir > C:\sample.txt" (without the quotes) You can include the
pathname of the text file if you would like it to appear in a different
directory.
4. Exit command mode.
5. Open and print the text withing XP.
 
Oops! Number 5 should read "Open and print the text file within XP".
Double-clicking on it should open it with Notepad.
 
Does not seem to work. I must be doing something wrong.
I thought the ">" will would write it to a file while the "|" would
send it to a file. Thks for the response. marvo
 
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