title: How to tell whether ant installed/what is $ command?
body: <p>I'm trying to install ant on my computer per <a href="http://wiki.phonegap.com/w/page/31930982/Getting-Started-with-PhoneGap-%28BlackBerry-Widgets%29#" rel="nofollow">this</a>.</p>
  
  <p>The instructions say to check whether ant is installed, type $ ant -v in a command window.</p>
  
  <p>When I type that, I get this message: "$ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file." </p>
  
  <p>Does this mean that ant is not installed? Is $ a command that would work if ant were installed?</p>
  
  <p>I can't find a computer command beginning with $ on the web.</p>