Re:A Vim Guide for Advanced Users
by ravoori on Saturday February 27, 2021 @05:57PM
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Vim's sort is handy on Windows where the option to shell out usually doesn't exist.
Additionally you have the full power of Vim regex to sort on subsets of lines.
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On the other hand, the :! and ! commands are Vi compatible (though, as you say, you wouldn't get the additional features of :sort). So you get to pick who you're going to be compatible with: vi or Windows?