mongo

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The legacy MongoDB shell. See `mongosh` for the new shell. Note: All connection options can be replaced with one string: `mongodb://user@host:port/db_name?authSource=authdb_name`.

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Examples (4)

Connect to a local database on the default port (`mongodb://localhost:27017`)

mongo

Connect to a database

mongo --host host --port port db_name

Authenticate using the specified username on the specified database (you will be prompted for a password)

mongo --host host --port port --username username --authenticationDatabase authdb_name db_name

Evaluate a JavaScript expression on a database

mongo --eval 'JSON.stringify(db.foo.findOne())' db_name

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