ArangoDB Shell Output
By default, the ArangoDB shell uses a pretty printer when JSON documents are printed. This ensures documents are printed in a human-readable way:
arangosh> db._create("five")
[ArangoCollection 39473, "five" (type document, status loaded)]
arangosh> for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) db.five.save({value:i})
arangosh> db.five.toArray()
[
{
"_key" : "39486",
"_id" : "five/39486",
"_rev" : "_VjyTft---_",
"value" : 3
},
{
"_key" : "39489",
"_id" : "five/39489",
"_rev" : "_VjyTft---A",
"value" : 4
},
{
"_key" : "39483",
"_id" : "five/39483",
"_rev" : "_VjyTft----",
"value" : 2
},
{
"_key" : "39476",
"_id" : "five/39476",
"_rev" : "_VjyTfs6---",
"value" : 0
},
{
"_key" : "39480",
"_id" : "five/39480",
"_rev" : "_VjyTfs6--_",
"value" : 1
}
]
arangosh> db._create("five")
arangosh> for (i = 0; i < 5; i++) db.five.save({value:i})
arangosh> db.five.toArray()
While the pretty-printer produces nice looking results, it will need a lot of screen space for each document. Sometimes, a more dense output might be better. In this case, the pretty printer can be turned off using the command stop_pretty_print().
To turn on pretty printing again, use the start_pretty_print() command.