Mongodb - Mongoimport error invalid character

Question

I tried to import a simple json file using mongoimport and i get the following error

PER-MacBook-Pro:/AJ$ mongoimport --db test --collection samplePM --file         


        

Answer 1

Just open a text file, copy all the data to the newly created text file. While saving the text file select the option 'UTF-8' in the Encoding drop down and later change the text file to JSON or CSV by renaming.

Then import the file as usual as it is.