Cannot import mongodb

Question

I tried mongo import like this

1. mongoimport -d test -c foo importfile.json
2. mongoimport --host localhost --db local --collection lec

Answer 1

mongoimport is to be run on the terminal and not inside the mongo shell. To run mongoimport in terminal, you will need to install the same. On ubuntu, you can do : apt-get install mongo-tools Hope this helps :)