--fields=<field1[,field2]>, -f=<field1[,field2]> Specifies a field or fields to include in the export. Use a comma separated list of fields to specify multiple fields.
If any of your field names include white space, use quotation marks to enclose the field list. For example, if you wished to export two fields, phone and user number, you would specify --fields "phone,user number".
For csv output formats, mongoexport includes only the specified field(s), and the specified field(s) can be a field within a sub-document.
For JSON output formats, mongoexport includes only the specified field(s) and the _id field, and if the specified field(s) is a field within a sub-document, the mongoexport includes the sub-document with all its fields, not just the specified field within the document.
See: Export Data in CSV Format using --fields option for sample usage.