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Restore into a collection or database after clearing prior content.

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Section: Backup and restore

Restore a dump and drop existing data first

bash
bash
mongorestore --uri="mongodb://localhost:27017/appdb" --drop ./dump
Explanation

`--drop` removes existing collections before restoring them.

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