title: How to get an explain for a MongoDB count?
body: <p>In MongoDB, you can get an explanation for how a query was executed, with interesting performance information:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; db.people.find({ 'items' : { '$gte' : 1 } }).explain()
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  <p>Can I get the same for a "count" (which is not a query, but a command)?</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt; db.people.count({ 'items' : { '$gte' : 1 } })
  </code></pre>