MacOS – Mac OS X Terminal: -bash: $: command not found

bashcommand linemacossnow leopard

While trying to install pagekite on OS X Snow Leopard using the following command:

$ pagekite.py --signup

I got:

-bash: $: command not found

I am a noob with the terminal but after reading a bit I understand that it is a problem with my PATH

echo $PATH
/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin:/usr/X11/bin

Can anybody spot the problem? If you ask me -without knowing a thing about it- I suspect the MacGPG2 (MacGnuPrivcacyGuard2) is out of place?

Thanks for your time!

Best Answer

Your PATH looks fine. The PATH variable is a collection of folders/directories in which the shell looks for commands to execute. So if you install additional software like MacGPG there might get new parts added.

But I assume that the command you are calling is called pagekite.py and not actually $. So you should call it like

pagekite.py --signup

or (if it is in your current folder/directory)

./pagekite.py --signup

The $ is often used in documentation to represent the shell command prompt and should not be entered to run the command afterwards.

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