NAME

       bsondump - MongoDB BSON utility

SYNOPSIS

       The bsondump converts BSON files into human-readable formats, including JSON. For example,
       bsondump is useful for reading the output files generated by mongodump.

OPTIONS

       bsondump

       --help Returns a basic help and usage text.

       --verbose, -v
              Increases the amount of internal reporting returned on the command  line.  Increase
              the  verbosity  with  the  -v  form  by  including the option multiple times, (e.g.
              -vvvvv.)

       --version
              Returns the version of the bsondump utility.

       --objcheck
              Validates each BSON object  before  outputting  it  in  JSON  format.  By  default,
              bsondump  enables  --objcheck  by  default.  For  objects  with  a  high  degree of
              sub-document nesting, --objcheck can have a small impact on  performance.  You  can
              set --noobjcheck to disable object checking.

              Changed  in  version  2.4:  MongoDB  enables  --objcheck by default, to prevent any
              client from inserting malformed or invalid BSON into a MongoDB database.

       --noobjcheck
              New in version 2.4.

              Disables the default  document  validation  that  bsondump  performs  on  all  BSON
              documents.

       --filter '<JSON>'
              Limits  the  documents that bsondump exports to only those documents that match the
              JSON document specified as '<JSON>'. Be sure to  include  the  document  in  single
              quotes to avoid interaction with your system's shell environment.

       --type <=json|=debug>
              Changes  the  operation  of  bsondump  from  outputting  "JSON"  (the default) to a
              debugging format.

       <bsonfilename>
              The final argument to  bsondump  is  a  document  containing  BSON.  This  data  is
              typically generated by mongodump or by MongoDB in a rollback operation.

USAGE

       By  default, bsondump outputs data to standard output. To create corresponding JSON files,
       you will need to use the shell redirect. See the following command:

       bsondump collection.bson > collection.json

       Use the following command (at the system shell) to produce debugging  output  for  a  BSON
       file:

       bsondump --type=debug collection.bson

AUTHOR

       MongoDB Documentation Project

COPYRIGHT

       2011-2013, 10gen, Inc.