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print command in dos?????

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what is the print command in dos operating system????

Name: jboy
Date: August 8, 2002 at 01:42:28 Pacific

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Well, believe it or not, it's PRINT (print.exe) - at least under MS-DOS 6.22. print sample.txt There are other methods (echo, redirect) but that's the basic one.

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sample.txt >prn or sample.txt >lpt1

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Name: Wengier
Date: August 8, 2002 at 06:05:06 Pacific

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copy sample.txt prn or copy sample.txt lpt1

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Name: Peter
Date: August 12, 2002 at 16:55:05 Pacific

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Suppose you know you only can do this with a dos printer

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