mongoexport(1) - Linux man page

Name

mongoexport - the Mongo export tool

mongoexport [OPTIONS]

mongoexport is a tool to export a MongoDB collection to either JSON or CSV. The query can be filtered or a list of fields to output can be given.

If the output is CSV, the fields must be specified in order.

mongoexport -d test -c test1 --csv -f name,num

export documents from test.test1 in CSV format

--help
show usage information
--version: show version information
-v, --verbose: be more verbose (include multiple times for more verbosity e.g. -vvvvv)
-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
--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
-d, --db DATABASE: database to use
-c, --c COLLECTION: collection to use
-f, --fields FIELDS: comma-separated list of field names
--fieldFile FILE: file with fields names - 1 per line
--query: JSON query filter
--csv
export to CSV instead of JSON
-o, --out FILE: output file, if not specified, stdout is used

Kristina Chodorow