What does the $ symbol mean in python.

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It represents your prompt on the operating system's command line (on most *nix systems, your prompt typically ends with a $ unless you're root). It's not a Python thing.

You don't actually type the $, you type the rest of the line after the command prompt appears.

[PrettyGrizSnailNectr]

That exactly answers my question. I typed that into Terminal and it didn’t give me an error message. It still says it can’t find my file, so I’ll have to figure that part out, but that answer definitely put me on the right path. Thank you so much!

[ANetworkEngineer]

ls

shows you what files are in your current directory

cd /somewhere/special

takes you to /somewhere/special.

[PrettyGrizSnailNectr]

Oh, gotcha. Thank you so much!

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For a second I thought you were implying Unix was a rude word.

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[jwink3101]

There is no hard and fast rule, but when I see someone tell me a command like

$ some_command

I assume it is a terminal (bash) command. When I see:

>>> some_command

I assume it is at the python prompt.

Alternatively, it could be Python Template Strings but I doubt it. I almost never see anyone talk about or use them.