\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ sudo\ if\ needed)
\-i,\ \-\-ignore\-errors\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ continue\ on\ download\ errors,\ for\ example\ to\ to
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ skip\ unavailable\ videos\ in\ a\ playlist
+\-\-abort\-on\-error\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Abort\ downloading\ of\ further\ videos\ (in\ the
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ playlist\ or\ the\ command\ line)\ if\ an\ error\ occurs
\-\-dump\-user\-agent\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ display\ the\ current\ browser\ identification
\-\-user\-agent\ UA\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ user\ agent
\-\-referer\ REF\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ specify\ a\ custom\ referer,\ use\ if\ the\ video\ access
\-\-extractor\-descriptions\ \ \ Output\ descriptions\ of\ all\ supported\ extractors
\-\-proxy\ URL\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Use\ the\ specified\ HTTP/HTTPS\ proxy
\-\-no\-check\-certificate\ \ \ \ \ Suppress\ HTTPS\ certificate\ validation.
-\-\-cache\-dir\ None\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Location\ in\ the\ filesystem\ where\ youtube\-dl\ can
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ store\ downloaded\ information\ permanently.
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ~/.youtube\-dl/cache\ by\ default
+\-\-cache\-dir\ DIR\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Location\ in\ the\ filesystem\ where\ youtube\-dl\ can
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ store\ downloaded\ information\ permanently.\ By
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default\ $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube\-dl\ or\ ~/.cache
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ /youtube\-dl\ .
\-\-no\-cache\-dir\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Disable\ filesystem\ caching
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\-\-date\ DATE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ videos\ uploaded\ in\ this\ date
\-\-datebefore\ DATE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ videos\ uploaded\ before\ this\ date
\-\-dateafter\ DATE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ videos\ uploaded\ after\ this\ date
+\-\-no\-playlist\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ the\ currently\ playing\ video
+\-\-age\-limit\ YEARS\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ download\ only\ videos\ suitable\ for\ the\ given\ age
+\-\-download\-archive\ FILE\ \ \ \ Download\ only\ videos\ not\ present\ in\ the\ archive
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ file.\ Record\ all\ downloaded\ videos\ in\ it.
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-\-r,\ \-\-rate\-limit\ LIMIT\ \ \ \ \ maximum\ download\ rate\ (e.g.\ 50k\ or\ 44.6m)
+\-r,\ \-\-rate\-limit\ LIMIT\ \ \ \ \ maximum\ download\ rate\ in\ bytes\ per\ second\ (e.g.
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ 50K\ or\ 4.2M)
\-R,\ \-\-retries\ RETRIES\ \ \ \ \ \ number\ of\ retries\ (default\ is\ 10)
-\-\-buffer\-size\ SIZE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ size\ of\ download\ buffer\ (e.g.\ 1024\ or\ 16k)
+\-\-buffer\-size\ SIZE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ size\ of\ download\ buffer\ (e.g.\ 1024\ or\ 16K)
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (default\ is\ 1024)
\-\-no\-resize\-buffer\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ automatically\ adjust\ the\ buffer\ size.\ By
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default,\ the\ buffer\ size\ is\ automatically\ resized
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ %(uploader_id)s\ for\ the\ uploader\ nickname\ if
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ different,\ %(autonumber)s\ to\ get\ an\ automatically
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ incremented\ number,\ %(ext)s\ for\ the\ filename
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ extension,\ %(upload_date)s\ for\ the\ upload\ date
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ extension,\ %(format)s\ for\ the\ format\ description
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (like\ "22\ \-\ 1280x720"\ or\ "HD"),%(format_id)s\ for
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ the\ unique\ id\ of\ the\ format\ (like\ Youtube\[aq]s
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ itags:\ "137"),%(upload_date)s\ for\ the\ upload\ date
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (YYYYMMDD),\ %(extractor)s\ for\ the\ provider
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ (youtube,\ metacafe,\ etc),\ %(id)s\ for\ the\ video\ id
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ,\ %(playlist)s\ for\ the\ playlist\ the\ video\ is\ in,
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ ownloads/%(uploader)s/%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s\[aq]\ .
\-\-autonumber\-size\ NUMBER\ \ \ Specifies\ the\ number\ of\ digits\ in\ %(autonumber)s
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ when\ it\ is\ present\ in\ output\ filename\ template\ or
-\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \-\-autonumber\ option\ is\ given
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \-\-auto\-number\ option\ is\ given
\-\-restrict\-filenames\ \ \ \ \ \ \ Restrict\ filenames\ to\ only\ ASCII\ characters,\ and
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ avoid\ "&"\ and\ spaces\ in\ filenames
\-a,\ \-\-batch\-file\ FILE\ \ \ \ \ \ file\ containing\ URLs\ to\ download\ (\[aq]\-\[aq]\ for\ stdin)
\-w,\ \-\-no\-overwrites\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ overwrite\ files
-\-c,\ \-\-continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files
+\-c,\ \-\-continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ force\ resume\ of\ partially\ downloaded\ files.\ By
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ default,\ youtube\-dl\ will\ resume\ downloads\ if
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ possible.
\-\-no\-continue\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ do\ not\ resume\ partially\ downloaded\ files\ (restart
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ from\ beginning)
\-\-cookies\ FILE\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ file\ to\ read\ cookies\ from\ and\ dump\ cookie\ jar\ in
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ file\ modification\ time
\-\-write\-description\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ description\ to\ a\ .description\ file
\-\-write\-info\-json\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ metadata\ to\ a\ .info.json\ file
+\-\-write\-annotations\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ video\ annotations\ to\ a\ .annotation\ file
\-\-write\-thumbnail\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ write\ thumbnail\ image\ to\ disk
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\-v,\ \-\-verbose\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ print\ various\ debugging\ information
\-\-dump\-intermediate\-pages\ \ print\ downloaded\ pages\ to\ debug\ problems(very
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ verbose)
+\-\-write\-pages\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ Write\ downloaded\ pages\ to\ files\ in\ the\ current
+\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ directory
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.SS Video Format Options:
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ processed\ files\ are\ overwritten\ by\ default
\-\-embed\-subs\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ embed\ subtitles\ in\ the\ video\ (only\ for\ mp4
\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ videos)
+\-\-add\-metadata\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ add\ metadata\ to\ the\ files
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.SH CONFIGURATION