title: Entering Rails commands in Terminal, Help is returned
body: <p>When I enter:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ rails server
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get this returned for and rails commands entered:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Usage:
    rails new APP_PATH [options]
  
  Options:
    [--edge]                   # Setup the application with Gemfile pointing to Rails repository
    [--dev]                    # Setup the application with Gemfile pointing to your Rails checkout
    -G, [--skip-git]               # Skip Git ignores and keeps
    -m, [--template=TEMPLATE]      # Path to an application template (can be a filesystem path or URL)
    -b, [--builder=BUILDER]        # Path to a application builder (can be a filesystem path or URL)
        [--old-style-hash]         # Force using old style hash (:foo =&gt; 'bar') on Ruby &gt;= 1.9
        [--skip-gemfile]           # Don't create a Gemfile
    -d, [--database=DATABASE]      # Preconfigure for selected database (options: mysql/oracle/postgresql/sqlite3/frontbase/ibm_db/sqlserver/jdbcmysql/jdbcsqlite3/jdbcpostgresql/jdbc)
                                   # Default: sqlite3
    -O, [--skip-active-record]     # Skip Active Record files
        [--skip-bundle]            # Don't run bundle install
    -T, [--skip-test-unit]         # Skip Test::Unit files
    -S, [--skip-sprockets]         # Skip Sprockets files
    -j, [--javascript=JAVASCRIPT]  # Preconfigure for selected JavaScript library
                                   # Default: jquery
    -J, [--skip-javascript]        # Skip JavaScript files
    -r, [--ruby=PATH]              # Path to the Ruby binary of your choice
                                   # Default: /usr/bin/ruby1.8
  
  Runtime options:
    -s, [--skip]     # Skip files that already exist
    -f, [--force]    # Overwrite files that already exist
    -p, [--pretend]  # Run but do not make any changes
    -q, [--quiet]    # Supress status output
  
  Rails options:
    -h, [--help]     # Show this help message and quit
    -v, [--version]  # Show Rails version number and quit
  
  Description:
      The 'rails new' command creates a new Rails application with a default
      directory structure and configuration at the path you specify.
  
  Example:
  rails new ~/Code/Ruby/weblog
  
  This generates a skeletal Rails installation in ~/Code/Ruby/weblog.
  See the README in the newly created application to get going.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why doesn't it initiate the server?  To me this appears to be a rails helpDoc or some such.
  Similar also happens for:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ rails generate
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there anything i can do to get these commands to initiate properly...</p>
  
  <p>I'm using Rails version 3.1.3, on Ubuntu.</p>
  
  <p>BTW: I am entering these from within the directory of myapp i.e.</p>
  
  <pre><code>chuckles@.......:~/Blog/new$
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I did get the server to start by running:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ script/server
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>from /new/</p>