MongoDB Documentation, Release 3.0.4 Queries In the mongo shell, perform read operations using the find() and findOne() methods. The find() method returns a cursor object which the mongo shell iterates to print documents on screen. By default, mongo prints the first 20. The mongo shell will prompt the user to “ Type it ” to continue iterating the next 20 results. The following table provides some common read operations in the mongo shell: Chapter 5. Administration 280 Keystroke Function Up-arrow previous-history Down-arrow next-history Home beginning-of-line End end-of-line Tab autocomplete Left-arrow backward-character Right-arrow forward-character Ctrl-left-arrow backward-word Ctrl-right-arrow forward-word Meta-left-arrow backward-word Meta-right-arrow forward-word Ctrl-A beginning-of-line Ctrl-B backward-char Ctrl-C exit-shell Ctrl-D delete-char (or exit shell) Ctrl-E end-of-line Ctrl-F forward-char Ctrl-G abort Ctrl-J accept-line Ctrl-K kill-line Ctrl-L clear-screen Ctrl-M accept-line Ctrl-N next-history Ctrl-P previous-history Ctrl-R reverse-search-history Ctrl-S forward-search-history Ctrl-T transpose-chars Ctrl-U unix-line-discard Ctrl-W unix-word-rubout Ctrl-Y yank Ctrl-Z Suspend (job control works in linux) Ctrl-H (i.e. Backspace) backward-delete-char Ctrl-I (i.e. Tab) complete Meta-B backward-word Meta-C capitalize-word Meta-D kill-word Meta-F forward-word Meta-L downcase-word Meta-U upcase-word Meta-Y yank-pop Meta-[Backspace] backward-kill-word Meta-< beginning-of-history Meta-> end-of-history