You can call pretty() function on cursor object to prettyprint in MongoDB shell. The syntax is as follows −
db.yourCollectionName.find().pretty();
To understand the concept, let us create a collection with the document. The query to create a collection with a document is as follows −
>db.prettyDemo.insertOne({"ClientName":"Larry","ClientAge":27,"ClientFavoriteCountry":["US","UK"]}); { "acknowledged" : true, "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c8a440de01f572ca0ccf5f2") } >db.prettyDemo.insertOne({"ClientName":"Mike","ClientAge":57,"ClientFavoriteCountry":["AUS","UK"]}); { "acknowledged" : true, "insertedId" : ObjectId("5c8a4420e01f572ca0ccf5f3") }
Display all documents from a collection with the help of find() method. The query is as follows −
> db.prettyDemo.find();
The following is the output −
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5c8a440de01f572ca0ccf5f2"), "ClientName" : "Larry", "ClientAge" : 27, "ClientFavoriteCountry" : [ "US", "UK" ] } { "_id" : ObjectId("5c8a4420e01f572ca0ccf5f3"), "ClientName" : "Mike", "ClientAge" : 57, "ClientFavoriteCountry" : [ "AUS", "UK" ] }
Here is the query to call pretty() function −
> db.prettyDemo.find().pretty();
The following is the output −
{ "_id" : ObjectId("5c8a440de01f572ca0ccf5f2"), "ClientName" : "Larry", "ClientAge" : 27, "ClientFavouriteCountry" : [ "US", "UK" ] } { "_id" : ObjectId("5c8a4420e01f572ca0ccf5f3"), "ClientName" : "Mike", "ClientAge" : 57, "ClientFavoriteCountry" : [ "AUS", "UK" ] }