From: Sergey M Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 13:06:42 +0000 (+0600) Subject: [README.md] Clarify percent literal and output to stdout X-Git-Url: http://git.bitcoin.ninja/index.cgi?p=youtube-dl;a=commitdiff_plain;h=3b799ca14cfeb1d17da637b2539044758d7355e6 [README.md] Clarify percent literal and output to stdout --- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 75f53e51f..93a88e79b 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -505,6 +505,8 @@ For example for `-o %(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s` and mp4 video with title `youtube- Output template can also contain arbitrary hierarchical path, e.g. `-o %(playlist)s/%(playlist_index)s - %(title)s.%(ext)s` that will result in downloading each video in a directory corresponding to this path template. Any missing directory will be automatically created for you. +To specify percent literal in output template use `%%`. To output to stdout use `-o -`. + The current default template is `%(title)s-%(id)s.%(ext)s`. In some cases, you don't want special characters such as 中, spaces, or &, such as when transferring the downloaded filename to a Windows system or the filename through an 8bit-unsafe channel. In these cases, add the `--restrict-filenames` flag to get a shorter title: