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Mongoexport exported files?

I'm new with mongodb. I just used the command mongoexport as follows:

mongoexport -d databasename -c collectionname

operation completed within few minutes, (around 300k documents exported) however I see no files anywhere. I've checked the current folder (as I thought it's runnnig as mongodump) but it seems empty as well.

Did I need to specify a folder? Where are the exported files located?

Solution

  • As specify in the documentation

    If you do not specify a file name, the mongoexport writes data to standard output (e.g. stdout).

    You need to specify a file to write the export to using the --out option.