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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
.
Important
bsondump
is a diagnostic tool for inspecting
BSON files, not a tool for data ingestion or other application use.
bsondump
uses Extended JSON v2.0
(Canonical mode)
to format its data.
Run bsondump
from the system command line, not the mongo
shell.
Versioning
Starting with MongoDB 4.4, bsondump
is now released separately
from the MongoDB Server and uses its own versioning, with an initial
version of 100.0.0
. Previously, bsondump
was released
alongside the MongoDB Server and used matching versioning.
For documentation on the MongoDB 4.2 or earlier versions of
bsondump
, reference the MongoDB Server Documentation for that version of the tool:
Note
Quick links to older documentation
This documentation is for version 100.7.1
of bsondump
.
Compatibility
MongoDB Server Compatibility
bsondump
version 100.7.1
supports the following versions
of the MongoDB Server:
MongoDB 6.0
MongoDB 5.0
MongoDB 4.4
MongoDB 4.2
While bsondump
may work on earlier versions of MongoDB server,
any such compatibility is not guaranteed.
Platform Support
bsondump
version 100.7.1
is supported on the following
platforms:
x86_64 | ARM64 | PPC64LE | s390x | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon Linux 2023 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Amazon 2 | ✓ | |||
Amazon 2013.03+ | ✓ | |||
Debian 10 | ✓ | |||
Debian 9 | ✓ | |||
Debian 8 | ✓ | |||
RHEL / CentOS 9 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
RHEL / CentOS 8 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
RHEL / CentOS 7 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
RHEL / CentOS 6 | ✓ | |||
SUSE 15 | ✓ | |||
SUSE 12 | ✓ | |||
Ubuntu 20.04 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
Ubuntu 18.04 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Ubuntu 16.04 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Windows 8 and later | ✓ | |||
Windows Server 2012 and later | ✓ | |||
macOS 11 and later | ✓ | ✓ | ||
macOS 10.12 - 10.15 | ✓ |
Installation
The bsondump
tool is part of the MongoDB Database Tools package:
➤ Follow the Database Tools Installation Guide to install bsondump
.
Options
--help
Returns information on the options and use of
bsondump
.
--verbose, -v
Increases the amount of internal reporting returned on standard output or in log files. Increase the verbosity with the
-v
form by including the option multiple times, (e.g.-vvvvv
.)
--quiet
Runs
bsondump
in a quiet mode that attempts to limit the amount of output.This option suppresses:
output from database commands
replication activity
connection accepted events
connection closed events
--version
Returns the
bsondump
release number.
--objcheck
Validates each BSON object before outputting it in JSON format. By default,
bsondump
enables--objcheck
. For objects with a high degree of sub-document nesting,--objcheck
can have a small impact on performance.
--type=<json|debug>
Changes the operation of
bsondump
from outputting "JSON" (the default) to a debugging format.
--bsonFile
Specifies the path to a BSON file to dump to JSON.
--bsonFile
is an alternative to the positional<bsonFilename>
option.By default,
bsondump
reads from standard input.
Examples
Run bsondump
from the system command line, not the mongo
shell.
By default, bsondump
outputs data to standard output. To
create corresponding JSON files, you can use the
--outFile
option:
bsondump --outFile=collection.json collection.bson
Use the following command (at the system shell) to produce debugging output for a BSON file:
bsondump --type=debug collection.bson