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<div class="q" data-lang="mongo">Return all documents
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db.world.find()
db.world.aggregate([{"$match":{}}])
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<div class="q" data-lang="mongo">Returning the first document
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db.world.findOne()
db.world.find()[0]
db.world.find().limit(1)
db.world.aggregate([{"$limit":1}])
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<div class="q" data-lang="mongo">Returning the '''n'''th document
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let n = 50;
db.world.find()[n-1]
db.world.find().skip(n-1).limit(1)
db.world.aggregate([{"$skip":n-1},{"$limit":1}])
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<div class="q" data-lang="mongo">Returning the last document
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db.world.find()[db.world.count()-1]
db.world.find().skip(db.world.count()-1).limit(1)
db.world.aggregate([{"$skip":db.world.count()-1},{"$limit":1}])
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