Linux for backend engineers
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In this lesson
see why a backend engineer needs the Linux command line.
Planned topics
- Production servers and containers almost always run Linux.
- You work through a shell (bash) by typing commands; there is often no screen or mouse.
- Everything is a file or a process; commands do one job and combine with pipes (
|). - Use a Linux VM or WSL for the labs.
- Learn to read a command's help:
man lsorls --help.
Draft outline details
Demonstration
pwd, ls -la, cd /var/log, cat app.log | grep ERROR | tail -5.
Check your understanding
What does | do?
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Passes one command's output to the next as input.
Practice
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