MongoDB stores data records as documents which are gathered together in collections.
Databases in MongoDB hold one or more collections of documents.
In this short note i will show how to show collection data in MongoDB from the command-line using the mongo
shell.
Show Collection Data in MongoDB
Cool Tip: To connect to a remote MongoDB server from the command-line, it needs to install MongoDB command-line client, known as mongo
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To show collection data in MongoDB, first of all start the mongo
shell:
$ mongo
Select the database to use and list collections:
> show dbs > use <databaseName> > show collections
Execute one of the following commands to show collection data in MongoDB:
> db.<collectionName>.find()
– or –
> db.<collectionName>.find().pretty()
While showing collection data it may be useful to limit the number documents:
> db.<collectionName>.find().limit(<number>)
– or –
> db.<collectionName>.find().pretty().limit(<number>)
This helped me a lot! Thanks!