Newbie here, Following this tutorial that says: $ rails new blog. I type it into the shell window and get this: ''$'' is not recognized as an internal or external command. What''s up with that? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On 1 Apr 2011, at 19:20, wordmystic wrote:> Newbie here, > > Following this tutorial that says: $ rails new blog. > > I type it into the shell window and get this: ''$'' is not recognized as > an internal or external command. > > What''s up with that?The ''$'' just represents the command prompt that your shell window presents to you (it''s the default command prompt in Bash on UNIX). You don''t need to type it. Just type "rails new blog". Chris -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On Apr 1, 7:20 pm, wordmystic <bwilson...-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Newbie here, > > Following this tutorial that says: $ rails new blog. > > I type it into the shell window and get this: ''$'' is not recognized as > an internal or external command. > > What''s up with that?You''re not supposed to type the $ - it''s just what the command prompt looks like on some setups. Fred -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
It''s a convention in many tutorials to show you the dollar sign as an example of your shell prompt. It just means "as a regular user, type this", as opposed to a # prompt, meaning you have to su to root first. Don''t type either character if you see them at the beginning of a sample shell command line. Walter On Apr 1, 2011, at 2:20 PM, wordmystic wrote:> Newbie here, > > Following this tutorial that says: $ rails new blog. > > I type it into the shell window and get this: ''$'' is not recognized as > an internal or external command. > > What''s up with that? > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails- > talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org > . > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en > . >-- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
On Apr 1, 11:20 am, wordmystic <bwilson...-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:> Newbie here, > > Following this tutorial that says: $ rails new blog. > > I type it into the shell window and get this: ''$'' is not recognized as > an internal or external command. > > What''s up with that?Is this an April Fools joke? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFF+G/Ez6ZCGd0@public.gmane.org To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.