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Legacy mongo Shell

Warning

The mongo shell has been deprecated in MongoDB v5.0. The replacement is mongosh.

Older mongo shell documentation is included with the corresponding documentation for that MongoDB release.

Quick Links to prior versions

• :v4.4:`mongo shell v4.4 </mongo>`
• mongo shell v4.2
• mongo shell v4.0

Comparison of the mongo Shell and mongosh

The new MongoDB Shell (mongosh) offers numerous advantages over the legacy mongo shell, such as:

• Improved syntax highlighting.
• Improved command history.
• Improved logging.

mongosh currently supports a subset of the legacy mongo shell methods. To maintain backwards compatibility, the methods that the new mongosh supports use the same syntax as the corresponding methods in the legacy mongo shell.

The list of methods supported by mongosh is here: MongoDB Shell Methods.

See also

• Legacy mongo Reference Page
• mongosh Documentation

• Configure the mongo Shell
• Access the mongo Shell Help
• Write Scripts for the mongo Shell
• Data Types in the Legacy mongo Shell
• Native Methods in the Legacy Shell
• mongo Shell Quick Reference

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