When I try to invoke methods of a collection, why is there an error of SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell)? Thanks.
$ mongo
MongoDB shell version: 3.2.8
connecting to: test
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Server has startup warnings:
2016-08-04T11:58:21.138-0400 I CONTROL [initandlisten]
2016-08-04T11:58:21.138-0400 I CONTROL [initandlisten] ** WARNING: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled is 'always'.
2016-08-04T11:58:21.138-0400 I CONTROL [initandlisten] ** We suggest setting it to 'never'
2016-08-04T11:58:21.138-0400 I CONTROL [initandlisten]
2016-08-04T11:58:21.139-0400 I CONTROL [initandlisten] ** WARNING: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag is 'always'.
2016-08-04T11:58:21.139-0400 I CONTROL [initandlisten] ** We suggest setting it to 'never'
2016-08-04T11:58:21.139-0400 I CONTROL [initandlisten]
> show dbs
mydb 0.000GB
local 0.000GB
> use mydb
switched to db mydb
> show collections
201607012
> db
mydb
> mydb.201607012.find()
2016-08-04T12:10:23.826-0400 E QUERY [thread1] SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell):1:4
> db.201607012.find()
2016-08-04T12:10:29.000-0400 E QUERY [thread1] SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell):1:2
> db.201607012.find()
2016-08-04T12:11:09.115-0400 E QUERY [thread1] SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell):1:2
> db.201607012.stats()
2016-08-04T12:13:06.022-0400 E QUERY [thread1] SyntaxError: missing ; before statement @(shell):1:2
exit from mongoshell with quit() and try to run command in regular command prompt, it will work
According to documentation
Collection names should begin with an underscore or a letter character
Check here or here how to remove or access your wrongly named collection.
You have to open new cmd and run as administrator then write mongoexport. It worked in my mongoDB