:
:
open FOUT,">> c:\dir\dir.txt" or die "couldn't open for writing: $!";
open PIPE,"dir |" or die "can't pipe!$!";
while ($line=<PIPE>){

    chomp $line;
         # do something with it...
    printf FOUT "%s$/",$line; # or whatever
}

close FOUT;
close PIPE;