MongoDB Shell - access collection with period in name?

Question

I have found a collection in one of our MongoDB databases with the name my.collection.

Is there a way to access this collection from the MongoDB shell,

Answer 1

if collection name is "my.collection"

db.my.collection.findOne(); // OK
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if collection name is "my.1.collection"

db.my.1.collection.findOne(); // Not OK
SyntaxError: missing ; before statement

Fix:

db["my.1.collection"].findOne(); // Now is OK
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