If you use Vim on Windows, but wish you had some of those nifty UNIX command-line tools, there are several places you can find them. The best-known is probably Cygwin (http://www.cygwin.com/), a comprehensive Linux-like environment that includes a large collection of the familiar UNIX commands.

Cygwin can be overkill if you just want a command or two, however. Here are some other options:

• http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnuwin32
• http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/
• http://www.openetwork.com/berk.html

A web search for windows unix utilities will uncover plenty of others.

Of course, if all you need is grep or sort, don't forget that Vim now has built-in versions of both.

ReferencesEdit

• :help win32-faq
• :help :grep
• :help :vimgrep
• :help :sort

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