What is the origin of the UNIX $ (dollar) prompt?

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03:18 Answer 2 (Score 12)
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/57575/wh...

Accepted answer links:
[sh man]: http://man.cat-v.org/unix_8th/1/sh
[the ]: http://man.cat-v.org/unix_7th/1/sh
[its ]: http://man.cat-v.org/unix-6th/1/sh
[The “Getting started” guide]: https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-histo...
[mentions]: https://github.com/dspinellis/unix-histo...
[here]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixth_Editi...
[Massey shell]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PWB_shell

Answer 4 links:
[original source code of the bourne shell]: http://minnie.tuhs.org/UnixTree/V7/usr/s.../
[msg.c]: http://minnie.tuhs.org/UnixTree/V7/usr/s...
[main.c]: http://minnie.tuhs.org/UnixTree/V7/usr/s...
[interview with Steve Bourne about ]: http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/...
[Steve Bourne's contact information at his company, El Dorado Ventures]: http://www.eldorado.com/team/steve/

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