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.