How to load mongodb script file while prompting for password?

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I'm trying to connect to a MongoDB database that requires a password while also loading and running a script file on the database. I want to do it all from the command line and have the mongo shell exit afterwards. My problem is that I cannot do both at the same time, e.g.

$ mongo example.com:10023/database -u username -p script.js

The above command will think that script.js is actually my password, which it of cause isn't. I want it to actually prompt me for my password after I enter the command.

How can I do that?

Andre de Frere · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-13 10:51:03Z

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Try moving the arguments around so that script.js does not follow your password parameter.

$mongo example.com:10023/database script.js -u username -p

answered Aug 13, 2012 at 10:51

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cybertoast Over a year ago

So freaking simple. And yet I never thought about moving the arguments around. Why? Because "<file.js> .. Must be the last option specified.". Thanks!

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