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 #### NPM Install
 
 ```sh
-$> npm install pixi.js
+npm install pixi.js
 ```
 
 #### CDN Install (via cdnjs)
@@ -152,13 +152,13 @@
 the repository, install the build dependencies using npm:
 
 ```sh
-$> npm install
+npm install
 ```
 
 Then, to build the source, run:
 
 ```sh
-$> npm run dist
+npm run dist
 ```
 
 This will create a minified version at `dist/pixi.min.js` and a non-minified version at `dist/pixi.js`
@@ -167,13 +167,13 @@
 If there are specific plugins you don't want, say "interaction" or "extras", you can exclude those:
 
 ```sh
-$> npm run dist -- --exclude extras --exclude interaction
+npm run dist -- --exclude extras --exclude interaction
 ```
 
 You can also use the short-form `-e`:
 
 ```sh
-$> npm run dist -- -e extras -e interaction -e filters
+npm run dist -- -e extras -e interaction -e filters
 ```
 
 ### How to generate the documentation ###
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
 The docs can be generated using npm:
 
 ```sh
-$> npm run docs
+npm run docs
 ```
 
 The documentation uses [Jaguar.js](https://github.com/pixijs/jaguarjs-jsdoc) and the jsdoc format, the configuration file can be found at [scripts/jsdoc.conf.json](scripts/jsdoc.conf.json)