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mongorestore: add page #1037

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# mongorestore

> Utility to import a collection or database from a binary dump into a MongoDB instance.

- Import a bson data dump from a folder to a mongodb instance:

`mongorestore --host {{database_host}} --port {{port}} --db {{database_name}} {{path/to/folder}}`
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I feel --host and --port can be dropped here since they are anyways used in the next examples. Lets lay it slowly on the user 😄


- Import a bson data dump from a folder to a mongodb instance with user authentication; user will be prompted for password:

`mongorestore -h {{database_host:port}} -d {{database_name}} --username {{username}} {{path/to/folder}} --password`
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Please expand the -h and -d flags. And also mention in the description that the data is going to be imported to a given database host running at a given port. We usually try to match the words in the description with the flags.


- Import a collection from a bson file to a mongodb instance:

`mongorestore --host {{database_host}} --port {{port}} --db {{database_name}} {{path/to/file}}`

- Import a collection from a bson file to a mongodb instance with user authentication; user will be prompted for password:

`mongorestore -h {{database_host:port}} -d {{database_name}} -u {{username}} {{path/to/file}} -p`
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Same here, please expand the -h, -d and -p flags.