Redirect output of mongo query to a csv file

Question

I am using MongoDB 2.2.2 for 32-bit Windows7 machine. I have a complex aggregation query in a .js file. I need to execute this file on the shell and direct the output to a C

Answer 1

Just weighing in here with a nice solution I have been using. This is similar to Lucky Soni's solution above in that it supports aggregation, but doesn't require hard coding of the field names.

cursor = db..;

headerPrinted = false;
while (cursor.hasNext()) {
    item = cursor.next();
    
    if (!headerPrinted) {
        print(Object.keys(item).join(','));
        headerPrinted = true;
    }

    line = Object
        .keys(item)
        .map(function(prop) {
            return '"' + item[prop] + '"';
        })
        .join(',');
    print(line);
}

Save this as a .js file, in this case we'll call it example.js and run it with the mongo command line like so:

mongo  example.js --quiet > example.csv