(MacOSX 10.8.3)
$ sudo port install mongodb : ########################################################### # A startup item has been generated that will aid in # starting mongodb with launchd. It is disabled # by default. Execute the following command to start it, # and to cause it to launch at startup: # # sudo port load mongodb ########################################################### : $ sudo port load mongodb $ mongo MongoDB shell version: 2.4.2 connecting to: test > db test > show dbs local 0.078125GB > use mydb switched to db mydb > db mydb > show dbs local 0.078125GB > dbs Sun Apr 28 12:42:17.545 JavaScript execution failed: ReferenceError: dbs is not defined > use test switched to db test > db test > help db.help() help on db methods db.mycoll.help() help on collection methods sh.help() sharding helpers rs.help() replica set helpers help admin administrative help help connect connecting to a db help help keys key shortcuts help misc misc things to know help mr mapreduce show dbs show database names show collections show collections in current database show users show users in current database show profile show most recent system.profile entries with time >= 1ms show logs show the accessible logger names show log [name] prints out the last segment of log in memory, 'global' is default use <db_name> set current database db.foo.find() list objects in collection foo db.foo.find( { a : 1 } ) list objects in foo where a == 1 it result of the last line evaluated; use to further iterate DBQuery.shellBatchSize = x set default number of items to display on shell exit quit the mongo shell > db test > use mydb switched to db mydb > j = {name:"mongo"} { "name" : "mongo" } > k={x:3} { "x" : 3 } > db.things.insert(j) > db.things.insert(k) > show collections system.indexes things > db.things.find() { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9ae34f43e339bf279677"), "name" : "mongo" } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9ae64f43e339bf279678"), "x" : 3 } > for (var i = 1; i <= 20; i++) db.things.insert( { x : 4 , j : i } ) > db.things.find() { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9ae34f43e339bf279677"), "name" : "mongo" } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9ae64f43e339bf279678"), "x" : 3 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279679"), "x" : 4, "j" : 1 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf27967a"), "x" : 4, "j" : 2 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf27967b"), "x" : 4, "j" : 3 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf27967c"), "x" : 4, "j" : 4 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf27967d"), "x" : 4, "j" : 5 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf27967e"), "x" : 4, "j" : 6 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf27967f"), "x" : 4, "j" : 7 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279680"), "x" : 4, "j" : 8 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279681"), "x" : 4, "j" : 9 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279682"), "x" : 4, "j" : 10 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279683"), "x" : 4, "j" : 11 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279684"), "x" : 4, "j" : 12 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279685"), "x" : 4, "j" : 13 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279686"), "x" : 4, "j" : 14 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279687"), "x" : 4, "j" : 15 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279688"), "x" : 4, "j" : 16 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf279689"), "x" : 4, "j" : 17 } { "_id" : ObjectId("517c9b274f43e339bf27968a"), "x" : 4, "j" : 18 } Type "it" for more > exit bye