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$sort


Aggregation $sort

This aggregation stage groups sorts all documents in the specified sort order.

Note: Remember that the order of your stages matters. Each stage only acts upon the documents that previous stages provide.

Example

db.listingsAndReviews.aggregate([
  {
    $sort: { "accommodates": -1 }
  },
  {
    $project: {
      "name": 1,
      "accommodates": 1
    }
  },
  {
    $limit: 5
  }
])

This will return the documents sorted in descending order by the accommodates field.

Note: The sort order can be chosen by using 1 or -1. 1 is ascending and -1 is descending.

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