This depends on the context... If a file is pretty small, I would avoid sort pipes when there is a Python codebase. It's only useful when the files are pretty b

This depends on the context... If a file is pretty small, I would avoid sort pipes when there is a Python codebase. It's only useful when the files are pretty big (1-5GB+) They are tricky and not very portable. Sorting depends on locales and the GNU tools implementation.