TLDR Web Dev · MISCELLANEOUS

LINUX BUILT-IN TOOLS ARE SO POWERFUL, YOU CAN BUILD A DATABASE WITH THEM. HERE'S HOW

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Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Linux offers an alternative to traditional SQL databases with its text-based command-line tools. This approach allows devs to build simple databases using plain text files and commands like grep, cut, awk, sort, head, tail, and join. Combined, these tools can perform operations like selecting columns, filtering rows, sorting data, and joining tables.