nautilus file manager startup in chosen directory from command line

To start up nautilus in a given directory from command line, simply type

nautilus <dirname> &

remember that . is a name for the current directory.  So nautilus . & will open a nautilus file manager in whatever directory the terminal is in.  This is the inverse of hitting the f4 key in nautilus which opens an xterm in the same directory that konqueror is in.

–Joel