Pretty print in MongoDB shell as default

Question

Is there a way to tell Mongo to pretty print output? Currently, everything is output to a single line and it's difficult to read, especially with nested arrays and documents.

Answer 1

You can use the pretty() function for pretty print in MongoDB shell as default see the code below:-

db.collection.find().pretty()

Answer 2

In MongoDB, a function exists known as pretty function. It will display all the documents in separate lines, refer to the following screenshot:

Here 'operate' is my collection name.