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 #### 🗄  SQL/Python/Filesystem Usage
 
 ```bash
-sqlite3 index.sqlite3      # run SQL queries on your index
+sqlite3 ./index.sqlite3    # run SQL queries on your index
 archivebox shell           # explore the Python API in a REPL
 ls ./archive/*/index.html  # or inspect snapshots on the filesystem
 ```