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Usage:
  bsondump <options> <file>

View and debug .bson files.

See http://docs.mongodb.com/database-tools/bsondump/ for more information.

general options:
      --help               print usage
      --version            print the tool version and exit
      --config=            path to a configuration file

verbosity options:
  -v, --verbose=<level>    more detailed log output (include multiple times for
                           more verbosity, e.g. -vvvvv, or specify a numeric
                           value, e.g. --verbose=N)
      --quiet              hide all log output

output options:
      --type=<type>        type of output: debug, json
      --objcheck           validate BSON during processing
      --pretty             output JSON formatted to be human-readable
      --bsonFile=          path to BSON file to dump to JSON; default is stdin
      --outFile=           path to output file to dump BSON to; default is
                           stdout
Options (10)
OptionDescriptionSource
--helpprint usagehelp
--versionprint the tool version and exithelp
--configpath to a configuration filehelp
-v, --verbose levelmore detailed log output (include multiple times for more verbosity, e.g. -vvvvv, or specify a numeric value, e.g. --verbose=N)help
--quiethide all log outputhelp
--type typetype of output: debug, jsonhelp
--objcheckvalidate BSON during processinghelp
--prettyoutput JSON formatted to be human-readablehelp
--bsonFilepath to BSON file to dump to JSON;help
--outFilepath to output file to dump BSON to;help

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