December 12, 2022

Remove file id extension from file name when downloading with youtube-dl

Run:

$ youtube-dl -o '%(title)s.%(ext)s' <URL>

For more details, run:

$ man youtube-dl

To download youtube-dl on GNU/Linux, run:

$ sudo apt install youtube-dl

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