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+# Define the stages of your pipeline
+stages:
+  - check
+
+# Define a job for the check stage
+check_pipeline:
+  stage: check
+  image: alpine:latest # Use a lightweight Docker image
+  script:
+    - echo "Pipeline is running!"
+    - uname -a # Print system information
+    - whoami   # Print current user
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