arangodb/Documentation/UserManual/Arangosh.md

The Arango Shell

@NAVIGATE_UserManualArangosh @EMBEDTOC{UserManualArangoshTOC}

Arango Shell Output

In general the Arango Shells prints its as output to standard output channel using the JSON stringifier.

arangosh> db.five.all().toArray();
[{ _id : "2223655/3665447", _rev : "3665447", name : "one" }, 
{ _id : "2223655/3730983", _rev : "3730983", name : "two" }, 
{ _id : "2223655/3862055", _rev : "3862055", name : "four" }, 
{ _id : "2223655/3993127", _rev : "3993127", name : "three" }]

@CLEARPAGE @FUN{start_pretty_print()}

While the standard JSON stringifier is very concise it is hard to read. Calling the function @FN{start_pretty_print} will enable the pretty printer which formats the output in a human readable way.

arangosh> start_pretty_print();
using pretty printing
arangosh> db.five.all().toArray();
[
  { 
_id : "2223655/3665447", 
_rev : "3665447", 
name : "one"
   }, 
  { 
_id : "2223655/3730983", 
_rev : "3730983", 
name : "two"
   }, 
  { 
_id : "2223655/3862055", 
_rev : "3862055", 
name : "four"
   }, 
  { 
_id : "2223655/3993127", 
_rev : "3993127", 
name : "three"
   }
]

@CLEARPAGE @FUN{stop_pretty_print()}

The functions disable the pretty printer, switching back to the standard JSON output format.