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diff --git a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1 b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1 index ad5aa906d7..22df3a3ec3 100644 --- a/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1 +++ b/network/youtube-dl/youtube-dl.1 @@ -1095,6 +1095,16 @@ 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 \f[C]\-\-restrict\-filenames\f[] flag to get a shorter title: +.SS Output template and Windows batch files +.PP +If you are using output template inside a Windows batch file then you +must escape plain percent characters (\f[C]%\f[]) by doubling, so that +\f[C]\-o\ "%(title)s\-%(id)s.%(ext)s"\f[] should become +\f[C]\-o\ "%%(title)s\-%%(id)s.%%(ext)s"\f[]. +However you should not touch \f[C]%\f[]\[aq]s that are not plain +characters, e.g. +environment variables for expansion should stay intact: +\f[C]\-o\ "C:\\%HOMEPATH%\\Desktop\\%%(title)s.%%(ext)s"\f[]. .SS Output template examples .PP Note on Windows you may need to use double quotes instead of single. |