You then can ``cd`` (change directory) to the directory::
- hooke> cd --path c:\curves
+ hooke> cd --path "c:\curves"
-Type ``pwd`` (print working directory) to check the directory is correct.::
+Hooke parses it's commandline using `POSIX rules`_, so you need to
+quote arguments with backslashes to keep them from being expanded as
+escape sequences (e.g. ``\t`` → ``TAB``).
+
+Type ``pwd`` (print working directory) to check the directory is
+correct.::
hooke> pwd
c:\curves
+.. _POSIX rules: http://docs.python.org/library/shlex#parsing-rules
+
You can list the files in the directory using ``ls`` or ``dir``
(they’re synonyms).::