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Mongo shell commands

Command	Examples	Description
help	help, help admin, help connect, help keys, help misc, help mr	Provides help for the different commands accessible in mongo shell.
use	use mean-db, use <name>	Sets the active database within the current mongo shell.
show	show dbs, show collections, show users, show profile, show logs, show log <name>	Show lists of types of available content within the mongo shell.
exit	exit	Exits the mongo shell.
db	db.posts.insert(<json>), db.<name>.<command>	Allows you to use commands to interact with the currently active database.

 

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