Importing json documents into mongodb on mac

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I am getting an error while importing a json document into mongoDB installed on my mac. I saw on another forum that the syntax is as follows:

mongoimport --db db1 --collection collection1 --file /Users/chummi/Desktop/zips.json

Here db1 is my database and collection1 is my collection and /Users/chummi/Desktop/zips.json is the path where the json document is present. When I run this command, am getting the following error

"SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier"

and not able to understand what this is.Please suggest if the syntax and the paths are correct?

can you provide the 1st row of the file? – Zepplock Sep 15 '15 at 01:34 — Zepplock, Sep 15 '15 at 01:34

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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Are you running mongoimport from inside the mongodb shell instead of the command line of your mac? Importing JSON file using mongimport, keep getting `unexpected identifier`?

edited May 23 '17 at 11:58

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answered Sep 15 '15 at 01:19

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Thank you very much, this has saved me a lot of time. The command is working now at the command line of my mac, initially I was running from inside the mongodb shell. – nshetty Sep 15 '15 at 10:46

Importing json documents into mongodb on mac

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