title: MongoDB Shell - access collection with period in name?
body: <p>I have found a collection in one of our MongoDB databases with the name <code>my.collection</code>.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to access this collection from the MongoDB shell, despite it having a point in the name?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; db.my.collection.findOne();
  null
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm pretty sure that that is not correct.</p>