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Step-by-Step Guide to Creating an AWS RDS Database Instance

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 Amazon Relational Database Service (AWS RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. Instead of managing servers, patching OS, and handling backups manually, AWS RDS takes care of the heavy lifting so you can focus on building applications and data pipelines. In this blog, we’ll walk through how to create an AWS RDS instance , key configuration choices, and best practices you should follow in real-world projects. What is AWS RDS? AWS RDS is a managed database service that supports popular relational engines such as: Amazon Aurora (MySQL / PostgreSQL compatible) MySQL PostgreSQL MariaDB Oracle SQL Server With RDS, AWS manages: Database provisioning Automated backups Software patching High availability (Multi-AZ) Monitoring and scaling Prerequisites Before creating an RDS instance, make sure you have: An active AWS account Proper IAM permissions (RDS, EC2, VPC) A basic understanding of: ...

The Real Command to Wrap Text in Linux

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Here is a command to wrap text in Linux. The wrapping means it prints it in fixed-width column. More importantly, it will not consider spaces between words. The command you need is FOLD.   Fold command in Linux Below, you will find two examples on usage of the FOLD command. These are helpful for your project where you need to write a shell script. Example-1 The following command displays a set of lines with ten characters in each line: x="aa bb cc d e f g h i j kk ll mm nn"  echo $x | fold -10 The output of the preceding code snippet is here: aa bb cc d e f g h i j kk ll m m nn ✏Related: How to Write Recursive Shell Script in Bash Terminal Example-2 As another example, consider the following code snippet: x="The quick brown fox jumps over the fat lazy dog. "  echo $x | fold -10 The output of the preceding code snippet is here: The quick brown fox jumps over the fat l azy dog. ✏References: List of complete ls commands in Linux Keep reading How to Work with Linux