How to get mongo command results in to a flat file

Question

How do I export the results of a MongoDB command to a flat file

For example, If I am to get db.collectionname.find() into a flat file.

I tried db.collectionname.find() >> "test.txt" doesnt seem to work.

Answer 1

Use this

mongo db_name --username user --password password < query1.js >> result.txt