How to use mongodump for 1 collection

Question

How can I use mongodump to move a single collection from one database to another?

How should I use the command and its options?

Answer 1

Here is an example of how you can export a single collection with mongodump.exe on Windows 10:

"D:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin\mongodump.exe" -h localhost --port 27017 -d meteor --collection users -o meteor_users

The exported collection is users, the database is meteor, the host localhost, the port is 27017.

The output will be stored in directory meteor_users.

Restoring should use a command like this one:

"D:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin\mongorestore.exe" -d meteor -c users users.bson