How can I rename a collection in MongoDB?

Question

Is there a dead easy way to rename a collection in mongo? Something like:

db.originalCollectionName.rename(\'newCollectionName\');

And if

Answer 1

For those who cannot rename, because the name causes an issue like: SyntaxError: Unexpected token ILLEGAL, it is because the name is illegal.

You can work around this by calling with brackets notation: db["oldCollectionILLEGALName"].renameCollection("someBetterName")