When you pull an Alpine image, you are probably not thinking about what is actually running inside....
When you pull an Alpine image, you are probably not thinking about what is actually running inside. Most teams see minimal and move on.
Here is the thing: Alpine Linux is built on BusyBox. One binary. Everything else links to it.
docker run --rm alpine:latest ls -la /bin/ | head -10
# lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 /bin/ls -> /bin/busybox
# lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 /bin/cat -> /bin/busybox
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