print directory using command prompt

Question

Found this one: http://www.watchingthenet.com/how-to-print-a-directory-tree-from-windows-explorer.html

But I don't know how do I do it and save the directory listing somewhere. What I want to do is something like that, but I need an output file. Or at least something that I can see. What I need to do is to print the contents of a directory.

Answer 1

dir > dir_contents.txt
print dir_contents.txt

in short. You pipe it to the file of your choice, using dir options of your choice.

Edit:
If print doesn't work you can try this instead

start /w notepad /p dir_contents.txt

It uses notepad to print the file to your default printer.

Answer 2

Change "%temp%\Listing" to the location and filename that you want to use.

Don't include the del line, which deletes the file created.