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Asked: 2026-06-05T10:44:42+00:00

Executing queries in the JavaScript shell of Mongo feels a lot like executing commands

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Executing queries in the JavaScript shell of Mongo feels a lot like executing commands right in the bash shell. Because of this, my fingers keep trying to Ctrl+C my way out of a command that I want to “abort” and land back at the command prompt. Unfortunately, in the mongo shell at 2.0.4, when I Ctrl+C, it drops me out of the JavaScript shell, rather than just aborting the command and giving me the command prompt.

Is there a way in the JavaScript shell to abandon the current command without executing it and land back at the command prompt?

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  1. Editorial Team

    What I’ve always naturally done is type a ( and then immediately hit enter three times. The shell will assume you are just hitting enter to break up your command, but if you hit enter 2 more times it will exit back to the shell. It’s wonky, but it works.

    Edit: Use ctrl+d, which “kills the shell” according to http://www.gotothings.com/unix/bash-hotkeys.htm. If you hit this once after hitting enter in the middle of typing a command in the mongo shell, it will exit your continuation and get you back to a clean mongo prompt. Hitting it twice will exit the mongo shell.

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