@@ -45,14 +45,29 @@ Compatibility
4545Syntax
4646------
4747
48- To use :query:` $regex`, use one of the following syntaxes:
48+ To use `` $regex` `, use one of the following syntaxes:
4949
5050.. code-block:: javascript
5151
5252 { <field>: { $regex: /pattern/, $options: '<options>' } }
53- { <field>: { $regex: ' pattern', $options: ' <options>' } }
53+ { " <field>" : { " $regex": " pattern", " $options": " <options>" } }
5454 { <field>: { $regex: /pattern/<options> } }
5555
56+ .. note::
57+
58+ To use ``$regex`` with :binary:`~bin.mongodump`, you must enclose the query
59+ document in single quotes ('{ ... }') to ensure that it does not interact
60+ with your shell environment.
61+
62+ The query document must be in :ref:`Extended JSON v2
63+ <mongodb-extended-json-v2>` format (either relaxed or canonical/strict mode),
64+ which includes enclosing the field names and operators in quotes. For
65+ example:
66+
67+ .. code-block:: sh
68+
69+ mongodump -d=sample_mflix -c=movies -q='{"year": {"$regex": "20"}}'
70+
5671In MongoDB, you can also use regular expression objects (i.e.
5772``/pattern/``) to specify regular expressions:
5873
@@ -100,7 +115,7 @@ expression.
100115 * - ``x``
101116
102117 - "Extended" capability to ignore all white space characters in
103- the :query:` $regex` pattern unless escaped or included in a
118+ the `` $regex` ` pattern unless escaped or included in a
104119 character class.
105120
106121 Additionally, it ignores characters in-between and including
@@ -125,7 +140,7 @@ expression.
125140
126141.. note::
127142
128- The :query:` $regex` operator does not support the global search
143+ The `` $regex` ` operator does not support the global search
129144 modifier ``g``.
130145
131146Behavior
@@ -147,14 +162,14 @@ only use JavaScript regular expression objects (i.e. ``/pattern/``
147162
148163 { name: { $in: [ /^acme/i, /^ack/ ] } }
149164
150- You *cannot* use :query:` $regex` operator expressions inside an
151- :query:`$in`.
165+ You *cannot* use `` $regex` ` operator expressions inside an
166+ :query:`$in` operator .
152167
153168Implicit ``AND`` Conditions for the Field
154169`````````````````````````````````````````
155170
156171To include a regular expression in a comma-separated list of query
157- conditions for the field, use the :query:` $regex` operator. For example:
172+ conditions for the field, use the `` $regex` ` operator. For example:
158173
159174.. code-block:: javascript
160175
@@ -166,7 +181,7 @@ conditions for the field, use the :query:`$regex` operator. For example:
166181```````````````````````
167182
168183To use either the ``x`` option or ``s`` options, you must use the
169- :query:` $regex` operator expression *with* the :query:`$options`
184+ `` $regex` ` operator expression *with* the :query:`$options`
170185operator. For example, to specify the ``i`` and the ``s`` options, you
171186must use :query:`$options` for both:
172187
@@ -179,7 +194,7 @@ PCRE Versus JavaScript
179194``````````````````````
180195
181196To use {+pcre-abbr+}-supported features in a regular expression that
182- aren't supported in JavaScript, you must use the :query:` $regex`
197+ aren't supported in JavaScript, you must use the `` $regex` `
183198operator and specify the regular expression as a string.
184199
185200To match case-insensitive strings:
@@ -198,7 +213,7 @@ These strings match the example regular expression:
198213- ``"acme"``
199214- ``"Acme"``
200215
201- The following example uses the :query:` $regex` operator to find ``name``
216+ The following example uses the `` $regex` ` operator to find ``name``
202217field strings that match the regular expression ``"(?i)a(?-i)cme"``:
203218
204219.. code-block:: javascript
@@ -221,7 +236,7 @@ operation on both:
221236
222237 db.inventory.find( { item: { $not: /^p.*/ } } )
223238
224- - :query:` $regex` operator expressions
239+ - `` $regex` ` operator expressions
225240
226241 For example:
227242
@@ -362,7 +377,7 @@ Without the ``m`` option, the example output is:
362377 { _id: 104, sku: 'Abc789', description: 'SKU starts with A' }
363378 ]
364379
365- If the :query:` $regex` pattern does not contain an anchor, the pattern
380+ If the `` $regex` ` pattern does not contain an anchor, the pattern
366381matches against the string as a whole, as in the following example:
367382
368383.. code-block:: javascript
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