spool output from mongodb shell

[THOL]

Hi,

Is there a way to spool output to a file when working in mongodb
shell? Similar to spool command in sqlplus.

Thanks
Thol

[Tyler Brock]

You can always redirect the output to a file by using ">"

Example:
mongo commands.js > output.txt

If you use print statements whatever you would normally see during the
session will be written to the file.

Does that help?

-Tyler

[Tyler Brock]

You might also want to take a peek at this documentation:

http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Scripting+the+shell

[THOL]

Thank you for the reply. I wanted to have formatted JSON output saved
in a file just as you query the database. That can be later used for
reference.
I guess printjson() is a good alternative but it has to be run as a
script.

Thanks
Thol

[Crazybaby]

you can use mongoexport of Mongo Tools . export json and scv fmt;