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mongorestore: Import a BSON data dump from a directory to a MongoDB database.
$ mongorestore --db ${database_name} ${path-to-directory}
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The command "mongorestore" is used to restore data from a binary database dump created by "mongodump" command. The "--db" flag is used to specify the name of the target database where the data will be restored.

"${database_name}" is a placeholder that should be replaced with the actual name of the database you want to restore the data into.

"${path-to-directory}" is a placeholder that should be replaced with the actual path to the directory where the database dump files are located.

So, when running the command "mongorestore --db ${database_name} ${path-to-directory}", you are instructing MongoDB to restore the data from the binary database dump files found in the specified directory into the specified database.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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