- Connect to mongodb: $ mongo
- show dbs;
- db.<collection>.stats(1024000000) # gb – ref
- db.<collection>.find({},{<field>:<value>}).sort({<field>:1}).limit(5); # find top 5
- db.<collection>.find({},{<field>:1}).sort({<field>:-1}).limit(5); # find bottom 5
- db.<collection>.find({<field>:{ $lt: <val>}},{<field>:1}).count(); # count matches
- db.runCommand({compact:'<collection>’}) # compact collection