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Load CSV rows into a collection.

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Section: Import and export data

Import CSV data

bash
bash
mongoimport --uri="mongodb://localhost:27017/appdb" --collection=users --type=csv --headerline --file=users.csv
Explanation

`--headerline` uses the first row as field names.

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