mongo --help

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MongoDB shell version: 2.4.8
usage: mongo [options] [db address] [file names (ending in .js)]
db address can be:
  foo                   foo database on local machine
  192.169.0.5/foo       foo database on 192.168.0.5 machine
  192.169.0.5:9999/foo  foo database on 192.168.0.5 machine on port 9999
options:
  --shell                               run the shell after executing files
  --nodb                                don't connect to mongod on startup - no
                                        'db address' arg expected
  --norc                                will not run the ".mongorc.js" file on
                                        start up
  --quiet                               be less chatty
  --port arg                            port to connect to
  --host arg                            server to connect to
  --eval arg                            evaluate javascript
  -u [ --username ] arg                 username for authentication
  -p [ --password ] arg                 password for authentication
  --authenticationDatabase arg          user source (defaults to dbname)
  --authenticationMechanism arg (=MONGODB-CR)
                                        authentication mechanism
  -h [ --help ]                         show this usage information
  --version                             show version information
  --verbose                             increase verbosity
  --ipv6                                enable IPv6 support (disabled by
                                        default)

file names: a list of files to run. files have to end in .js and will exit after unless --shell is specified