What determines where a sqlite3 database file will be stored when creating it from the command line utility?

Question

Recently I was reading that when launching mac Terminal and typing in this:

sqlite3 mydatabase.db

it will create a mydatabase.db file on disk. But where?

Answer 1

In your current directory. Use pwd to determine it if you don't know it.

UPDATE:

Regarding the 'current' directory: If you launch an terminal there will be a directory which will be used as context for all commands (like sqlite3) you execute. This directory is called the current or working directory. On startup of the terminal it is usually your home direcory. You can always retrieve it with the command pwd (print working directory) or change it with the cd command.