title: Rails server command not working (other commands, as well)
body: <p>I'm in the very first part of building a rails app and I can't get the command</p>
  
  <pre><code>rails server
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>to work, or really any other rails command. Whenever I attempt a rails command I get the help screen like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$rails server
  Usage:
    rails new APP_PATH [options]
  
   Options:
  -r, [--ruby=PATH]              # Path to the Ruby binary of your choice                                   # Default: /home/sgallagher/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-    p290/bin/ruby
  -b, [--builder=BUILDER]        # Path to a application builder (can be a filesystem path or URL)
  -m, [--template=TEMPLATE]      # Path to an application template (can be a filesystem path or URL)
  [--skip-gemfile]           # Don't create a Gemfile
        [--skip-bundle]            # Don't run bundle install
      -G, [--skip-git]               # Skip Git ignores and keeps
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and so on (it gives me the same "rails new" command no matter what command I put in)...</p>
  
  <p>Any ideas on what might be missing in my system or why these commands aren't responding? Thanks</p>
  
  <p>P.S. Another peculiar thing is when I created this app, initially, I used the command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>rails new first_app
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>This actually created two apps: one called 'new' and another called 'first_app'. It also didn't create a default Gemfile.</p>
  
  <p>I am running Rails 3.1.0 and Ruby 1.9.2. on Ubuntu 10.04.</p>