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

Another foolproof method is:

db.getCollection("_SCHEMA").find()

While in the case of a underscore in the name, still cause a error with @Laura answer:

> db["_SCHEMA"].find()
2016-07-18T17:44:16.948+0200 E QUERY    [thread1] TypeError: db._SCHEMA is undefined :
@(shell):1:1