SQLITE configuration for Laravel

hi all, im pretty new to laravel and following the laracast videos I got stuck creating the SQLITE DB. when I enter "sqlite3" in the terminal I get the following message:

michael learning-laravel-5 $ sqlite3 SQLite version 3.8.10.2 2015-05-20 18:17:19 Enter ".help" for usage hints. Connected to a transient in-memory database. Use ".open FILENAME" to reopen on a persistent database.

For some reason I then cant open the migrated tables ( user & password) by entering ".tables" . It just shows me nothing. I would appreciate your help. Thanks!