mongodump(1) - Linux man page

Name

mongodump - the Mongo dump tool

mongodump [OPTIONS]

mongodump is a tool to output a binary representation of a database. It is mostly used for doing hot backups of a database.

--help
show usage information
--version: show version information
-h, --host HOST: server to connect to (default HOST=localhost)
-port arg: server port. Can also use --host hostname:port
--ipv6
enable IPv6 support (disabled by default)
-u|--username USERNAME: specify user to log in as
-p|--password PASSWORD: specify password of user (notice there is no space)
-d, --db DATABASE: database to use
-c, --c COLLECTION: collection to use
-o, --out DIRECTORY: output directory or - for stdout.
--dbpath PATH: directly access mongod data files in this path, instead of connecting to a mongod instance
--directoryperdb: if dbpath specified, each db is in a separate directory
--query: JSON query filter
--oplog: Use oplog for point-in-time snapshotting
--repair: try to recover a crashed database (needs --dbpath)

Kristina Chodorow