Absolute Beginner Question: Error messages

[Jim Griffith]

Hello list,

This is the most basic of questions. I have little if any experience with Unix (I barely recall command line DOS) but I am a quick learner. I have successfully  (I believe) installed Lilypond on my Mac G5 running X11. The installation was via Fink. I followed the instructions to the letter. 

I created a file, per the instructions on the site, for test.ly The file contains the following

> { c'4 e' g' }
Saved it as Western ASCII on my desktop
Opened a terminal window and typed: lilypond test

This happens:

> Jim-Griffiths-Computer:~/desktop Griff$ lilypond test
> lilypond (GNU LilyPond) 2.2.5
> Running lilypond-bin...
> Now processing `test.ly'
> Parsing...
>
> /Users/Griff/Desktop/test.ly:1:1: error: parse error:
> {
>   c'4 e' g' }
>
> /Users/Griff/Desktop/test.ly:1:9: warning: Braces don't match:
> { c'4 e' 
>          g' }
> Failed files: test.ly 
>
>
> lilypond: error: LilyPond failed on input file test (exit status 1)
> lilypond: warning: Running LilyPond failed. Rerun with --verbose for a trace.
I am totally flummoxed.  Tried retyping it and nothing seems to work. I  typed the string exactly as shown on the Lilypond web page (didn’t I?). 

Thank you in advance for the benefit of your expertise.

Regards,

Jim Griffith