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Basic MongoDB Commands

MongoDB is a cross-platform, document oriented database that provides, high performance, high availability, and easy scalability. MongoDB works on concept of collection and document. This article lists about the frequently used commands of MongoDB used by developers and DBA in their day to day development and operation life.

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Basic MongoDB Commands

MongoDB is a cross-platform, document oriented database that provides, high performance, high availability, and easy scalability. MongoDB works on concept of collection and document. This article lists about the frequently used commands of MongoDB used by developers and DBA in their day to day development and operation life.

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Basic MongoDB Commands

db.help() get a list of commands


show dbs print a list of all databases on the server
use myTestDB create new database "myTestDB"
db know your current selected database
db.dropDatabase() drop the current selected database
db.createCollection("Employee") create new collection "Employee"
show collections print a list of all collections created
db.Employee.drop() drop the collection "Employee"
db.Employee.insert({name: 'Raj', address: insert document in collection "Employee"
'Bangalore'})
db.Employee.find() list the documents in collection "Employee"

{ "_id" : ObjectId("60658a0dbe02cfa1d386ab52"), "name" : "Raj", "address" : "Bangalore" }

db.Employee.update({'name' : 'Raj'}, update the document in collection "Employee"


{$set: {'name' : 'Albert'}})
db.Employee.find() list the documents in collection "Employee"

{ "_id" : ObjectId("60658a0dbe02cfa1d386ab52"), "name" : "Albert", "address" : "Bangalore" }


save document in collection "Employee"
db.Employee.save({"_id": new
ObjectId("60658a0dbe02cfa1d386ab53"),
name: "Newton", address: "Delhi"});

db.Employee.find() list the documents in collection "Employee"

{ "_id" : ObjectId("60658a0dbe02cfa1d386ab52"), "name" : "Albert", "address" : "Bangalore" }


{ "_id" : ObjectId("60658a0dbe02cfa1d386ab53"), "name" : "Newton", "address" : "Delhi" }

db.Employee.remove({'name': 'Albert'}) delete document in collection "Employee"


db.Employee.find() list the documents in collection "Employee"

{ "_id" : ObjectId("60658a0dbe02cfa1d386ab53"), "name" : "Newton", "address" : "Delhi" }

db.getUsers(); list down all the users of current database

show roles list down all the roles


db.Employee.dataSize() get the size of the collection "Employee"
db.Employee.storageSize() get the total size of document stored in the
collection "Employee"
db.Employee.totalSize() get the total size in bytes for both collection
data and indexes

db.Employee.totalIndexSize() get the total size of all indexes in the


collection "Employee"

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