mongodb - mongoexport E QUERY SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier

Question

The issue seems straight forward. I have a database (test) and a collection called (users) so I run the command:

mongoexport -d test -c users -o output.json

However I get the below error:

As per what I have figured out till now over the internet, this may have something to do with the file path but I am unsure as how to amend this as I never mess with PATH variable due to a bad experience...

Answer 1

You don't run mongoexport from the mongo shell, you have to run it from the OS shell (same as you run mongo)