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$Sort Operator In Mongodb

In this article, we will discuss the $sort operator in MongoDB.

Purpose

The $sort operator is used in the Aggregation pipeline to sort the document.

db.[collection].aggregate([
  { $sort: { field1: 1 } }
])

In the above syntax: -

Consider the following collection: -

The requirement is to sort the collection based on the age field. The query will be: -

db.mycollection.aggregate([
  { $sort: { age: -1 } }
])

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