mongo

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

$ mongo

$ mongo --host [host] --port [port] [db_name]

$ mongo --host [host] --port [port] --username [username] --authenticationDatabase [authdb_name] [db_name]

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

mongo - the Mongo command-line tool

mongo [OPTIONS] [DB_ADDRESS] [FILE+]

mongo is a JavaScript shell (with GNU readline capabilities). It supports interactive and non-interactive use. When used interactively, JavaScript can be used to query the database or perform any other function normally available with SpiderMonkey. Database output is displayed in JSON format.

If JavaScript files are specified on the command line, the shell will run non-interactively, running each one in sequence and then exiting.

mongo

start the shell, connecting to the server at localhost:27017 and using the test database

mongo foo

start the shell using the foo database at localhost:27017

mongo 192.169.0.5/foo

start the shell using the foo database at 192.169.0.5:27017

mongo 192.169.0.5:9999/foo

start the shell using the foo database at 192.169.0.5:9999

mongo script1.js script2.js script3.js

run three scripts and exit

--shell

run the shell after executing files

--help

show usage information

--host HOST

server to connect to (default HOST=localhost)

--port PORT

port to connect to (default PORT=27017)

--nodb

do not connect to mongod

--eval SCRIPT

evaluate JavaScript

--shell

run the shell after executing files

--quiet

be less chatty

--version

show version information

--verbose

increase verbosity

--ipv6

enable IPv6 support (disabled by default)

-u|--username USERNAME

specify user to log in as

-p|--password PASSWORD

specify password of user

Copyright 2007-2011 10gen

For more information, please refer to the MongoDB wiki, available at http://www.mongodb.org.

Kristina Chodorow