Mongodb Import and export commands

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#Import into database
sudo mongoimport --db newdb --collection restaurants --file primer-dataset.json

#export database collection
sudo mongoexport --db newdb -c restaurants --out newdbexport.json

# Take backup 

create a folder regular backup folder 
sudo mkdir /var/backups/mongobackups

Backup of the database
sudo mongodump --db newdb --out /var/backups/mongobackups/`date +"%m-%d-%y"`