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MongoDB tip, check for the location of mongod log from mongo shell

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I never encountered this issue until I needed to log into the mongod administered by others and I don't have the host level access. This can be done in both robomongo or via mongo shell Using  robomongo Location of mongod log can be found by using the getCmdLineOpts command: check the entry below --logpath for the location for mongod log.  via mongo shell mongo --host <hostname> --port <port number> MongoDB Etnerprise> db.adminCommand('getCmdLineOpts') /* 1 */ {     "argv" : [          "mongod",          "--port",          "21000",          "--replSet",          "avlrepdev",          "--dbpath",          "/data/mongodb/data",          "--logpath",          "/data/mongodb/log/mongodb....