Insert Statement

Open MongoDB Shell

Open the MongoDB Shell from Linux shell
# mongosh Current Mongosh Log ID: 6117225c105379b62b6abaa9 Connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?directConnection=true&serverSelectionTimeoutMS=2000 Using MongoDB: 5.0.2 Using Mongosh: 1.0.5 For mongosh info see: https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell/ test>
Switch to our "employee" database
# use employee switched to db employee

Insert Single Record

Run following command to insert one record to "emp_info" collection
employee> db.emp_info.insertOne( { first:"John", last:"Davis", role:"Dev"} ) { acknowledged: true, insertedId: ObjectId("61172935a1766234eab5b87a") }

Insert Multiple Records

Run following command to insert multiple record to "emp_info" collection
employee> db.emp_info.insertMany( [ { first:"Allan", last:"Coller", role:"CM" }, {first:"Sam", last:"Doe", role:"Manager" } ] ) { acknowledged: true, insertedIds: { '0': ObjectId("61172c1ca1766234eab5b87e"), '1': ObjectId("61172c1ca1766234eab5b87f") } }