From 9de3ea31269c396dabf5b26f92fa65bc99038ede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: pukkandan Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2021 05:39:55 +0530 Subject: Pass any field to `--exec` using similar syntax to output template Related: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/28642 --- yt_dlp/options.py | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'yt_dlp/options.py') diff --git a/yt_dlp/options.py b/yt_dlp/options.py index ace353042..c4cb57e2f 100644 --- a/yt_dlp/options.py +++ b/yt_dlp/options.py @@ -1195,7 +1195,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None): postproc.add_option( '--exec', metavar='CMD', dest='exec_cmd', - help='Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing, similar to find\'s -exec syntax. Example: --exec \'adb push {} /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}\'') + help=( + 'Execute a command on the file after downloading and post-processing. ' + 'Similar syntax to the output template can be used to pass any field as arguments to the command. ' + 'An additional field "filepath" that contains the final path of the downloaded file is also available. ' + 'If no fields are passed, "%(filepath)s" is appended to the end of the command')) postproc.add_option( '--convert-subs', '--convert-sub', '--convert-subtitles', metavar='FORMAT', dest='convertsubtitles', default=None, -- cgit v1.2.3