diff --git a/tests/rules/test_remove_shell_prompt_literal.py b/tests/rules/test_remove_shell_prompt_literal.py
index 37e0ef2..7eba66b 100644
--- a/tests/rules/test_remove_shell_prompt_literal.py
+++ b/tests/rules/test_remove_shell_prompt_literal.py
@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@ def output():
     return "$: command not found"
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("script", ["$ cd newdir", " $ cd newdir"])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "script",
+    [
+        "$ cd newdir",
+        " $ cd newdir",
+        "$ $ cd newdir"
+        " $ $ cd newdir",
+    ],
+)
 def test_match(script, output):
     assert match(Command(script, output))
 
@@ -31,7 +39,9 @@ def test_not_match(command):
     "script, new_command",
     [
         ("$ cd newdir", "cd newdir"),
+        ("$ $ cd newdir", "cd newdir"),
         ("$ python3 -m virtualenv env", "python3 -m virtualenv env"),
+        (" $ $ $ python3 -m virtualenv env", "python3 -m virtualenv env"),
     ],
 )
 def test_get_new_command(script, new_command, output):
diff --git a/thefuck/rules/remove_shell_prompt_literal.py b/thefuck/rules/remove_shell_prompt_literal.py
index a284294..d0d064e 100644
--- a/thefuck/rules/remove_shell_prompt_literal.py
+++ b/thefuck/rules/remove_shell_prompt_literal.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-"""Fixes error for commands containing the shell prompt symbol '$'.
+"""Fixes error for commands containing one or more occurrences of the shell
+prompt symbol '$'.
 
 This usually happens when commands are copied from documentations
 including them in their code blocks.
@@ -19,4 +20,4 @@ def match(command):
 
 
 def get_new_command(command):
-    return command.script.replace("$", "", 1).strip()
+    return command.script.lstrip("$ ")