mongoimport : 'error validating settings: only one positional argument is allowed'

Question

I am importing a dummy JSON file into MongoDB and I am getting the following error, a Google search yields no definitive explanation, and though this topic is already on here, that's more a syntax related error.

I think there is an issue with my path [format correct].

The error:

$ mongoimport --jsonArray --collection bank_data /Macintosh HD/Users/Tinus/Downloads/bank_data.json/bank_data.json

2016-09-20T13:23:56.592+1200    error validating settings: only one positional argument is allowed

-: Running OSX -: Mongod started -: Using /data/db path and connected to test "All good" -: running mongoimport from separate shell

$ mongo --version MongoDB shell version: 3.2.8

$ mongoimport --jsonArray --collection some_data --file /path/path/data.json

$ mongoimport --jsonArray --collection some_data /path/path/data.json

Answer 1

You just have to quote your path:

$ mongoimport --jsonArray --collection bank_data '/Macintosh HD/Users/Tinus/Downloads/bank_data.json/bank_data.json'  

The error

error validating settings: only one positional argument is allowed

I think your path is having a space that means in MongoDB, it will split it into two separate arguments (if not guarded by surrounding quotes)