Exclamation mark / other aliases

[b-van-b]

In the usage tutorial, sometimes :e and :! are used. From the documentation, I was able to figure out that :e is an alias for :execute, but what is :!? It appears to do the same thing as :e. Also, are there other default aliases aside from these two?

[pit-ray]

The :e and :execute open the URL or file path in the default software. Just like performing a double-click in Explorer.
https://pit-ray.github.io/win-vind/cheat_sheet/functions/#execute

On the other hand. :! is the same as executing a command at the command prompt. For example, executing :!dir; will display a list of home directories. (; leaves the resulting command prompt).
https://pit-ray.github.io/win-vind/cheat_sheet/functions/#start_external

There are several default aliases defined as shown here, but you can define any command you like by mapping it to execute the corresponding command <execute> or <start_external> as follows.

command mycommand <execute>

Thanks.