How do I limit the number of returned items?

Question

myModel.find({}, function(err, items) {
    console.log(items.length);    // Big number
});

How can I limit the returned items to only the latest

Answer 1

models.Post.find({published: true}, {sort: {'date': -1}, limit: 20}, function(err, posts) {
 // `posts` with sorted length of 20
});