mongofiles(1) - Linux man page

Name

mongofiles - a simple GridFS interface

mongofiles [OPTIONS] COMMAND FILENAME

mongofiles is used to list, get, and insert files in the database.

Commands:
list
list all files. FILENAME is an optional prefix which listed filenames must begin with.
search
search all files. FILENAME is a substring which listed filenames must contain.
put
add a file with filename FILENAME
get
get a file with filename FILENAME
delete
delete all files with filename FILENAME

mongofiles list

lists files in test.fs.files
mongofiles put README.txt: inserts the file README.txt into the collection test.fs.files
mongofiles get photo.jpg: retrieves photo.jpg from test.fs.files and saves it locally

--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 (some commands, default COLLECTION=fs.files)
-l, --local FILENAME: local filename for put|get (default is to use the same name as the FILENAME)
-t, --type arg: MIME type for put (default is to omit)
-r, --replace: Remove other files with the same name after PUT

Kristina Chodorow