If you are new to MongoDB you may need to discover the databases and collections (basically objects) on your MongoDB instance. For this easily you can use a GUI tool like MongoVUE. But in this blog post, I’m not going to describe GUI tools. I’m going to explain about MongoShell to navigate through database objects.

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I can remember the first day that I used Linux. In that day I fed up with Terminal and gave it up. But now I think it’s cool!. Somehow if you want to do something easier I still recommend GUI Tools.
nFirst to execute those commands you should log into MongoShell. In windows mongo.exe.

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How to take database List?

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show dbs  n

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How to check the database that you are currently using?

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db  n

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print(db);  n

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How to change to a new database?

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use <database name>  n

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E.g:-

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use AdventureWorks2012 n

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How to take the list of Collection in the current Database?

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show collections  n

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db.getCollectionNames();  n

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How to take the list of Users in Database?

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show users  n

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db.system.users.find();n

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• MongoDB

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• MongoShell

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• Mongo Shell

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