mongo
The legacy MongoDB shell. tldr-pages
On several platforms
Several platforms
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.
Connect to a local database on the default port (mongodb://localhost:27017)
mongoIdentifyConnect to a database
mongo --host host --port port db_nameIdentifyAuthenticate 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_nameIdentifyEvaluate a JavaScript expression on a database
mongo --eval 'JSON.stringify(db.foo.findOne())' db_nameIdentify