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Shell cannot parse $ when connecting to db from command line

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      3.4 mongo shell cannot parse $ when connecting to $external from the command line. This functionality worked 3.2 shells and earlier.

      Hatcher:~ danielhatcher$ mongo --host localhost \$external
MongoDB shell version: 3.2.12
connecting to: localhost:27017/$external
Server has startup warnings:
2017-03-10T10:13:04.305-0500 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]
2017-03-10T10:13:04.305-0500 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] ** WARNING: Access control is not enabled for the database.
2017-03-10T10:13:04.305-0500 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] **          Read and write access to data and configuration is unrestricted.
2017-03-10T10:13:04.305-0500 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]
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      Hatcher:~ danielhatcher$ mongo --host localhost \$external
MongoDB shell version v3.4.2
connecting to: mongodb://localhost:27017/$external
2017-03-10T10:39:31.380-0500 E QUERY    [thread1] Error: Failed to parse mongodb:// URL: mongodb://localhost:27017/$external :
connect@src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:237:13
@(connect):1:6
exception: connect failed

            Assignee:
            backlog-server-devplatform [DO NOT ASSIGN] Backlog - Server Development Platform Team (SDP) (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            daniel.hatcher@mongodb.com Danny Hatcher (Inactive)
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