> Is there a reason websites put that $ in front of commands back in the mid-early days of computers, I'm pretty sure the unix prompt was a $ (and as has been

> Is there a reason websites put that $ in front of commands back in the mid-early days of computers, I'm pretty sure the unix prompt was a $ (and as has been pointed out, a # for the root user). Thus custom of using it in documentation started because it's literally what people would see.