# Building a Pipeline a Step at a Time

Build a long pipeline the way people who write them do, starting with head on a few lines, adding one stage at a time and looking after each, and read someone else's one-liner the same way, from the left.

![Cheat sheet for the lesson Building a Pipeline a Step at a Time: Build a long pipeline the way people who write them do, starting with head on a few lines, adding one stage at a time and looking after each, and read someone else's one-liner the same way, from the left.](https://fsdtrainingmedia.blob.core.windows.net/public/images/2026/11/f6c928441779475d835389780650dd1f.webp)

- Category: Bash
- Level: Journeyman
- Tags: linux, one-liner, pipe, pipeline, Status Code, unix
- Updated: November 10, 2026

Source: https://www.ask-codey.com/cheat-sheets/bash-building-a-pipeline-cheat-sheet