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Scott James
Scott James
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Posted by Scott James
Scott James
4,298 Points

Git terminal commands not working

Hi Everyone

I have started to take the course on Git, but I am stuck on the first terminal command.

If I enter the command $ git --version it returns: git version 1.8.5.2 (Apple Git-48). If I then try and enter the command: $ git init my_first-repository it returns: -bash: $: command not found.

Really hoping that some one can give me some advice as to why this isn't working?

Thanks for any help that is offered :) Scott

1 Answer

Scott James
Scott James
4,298 Points
Scott James
Scott James
4,298 Points

Ok I have just read else where that I do not add the $ in front of the command.

From the article:

"Don’t type the $ character. The $ character is a cue that you should enter a shell command."

Hopefully this might help anyone else who has this issue.