title: How do I use a guid in a mongodb shell query
body: <p>When using the MongoDB shell, how do I use a guid datatype (which I have used as the _id in my collection).</p>
  
  <p>The following format doesn't work:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;db.person.find({"_id","E3E45566-AFE4-A564-7876-AEFF6745FF"});
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>