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ytdl-org / youtube-dl

Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites
http://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/
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Pulling only titles of videos from youtube #8303

Closed Encryptabit closed 8 years ago

Encryptabit commented 8 years ago

I apologize if this is already possible but reading over the options, listing but not downloading isn't supported? (I tried "--flat-playlist") with a one video link and the download still triggered.

phihag commented 8 years ago

Use --get-title (or -e for short): 

$ youtube-dl 'ytsearch10:python' --get-title
Python Programming
Zero to Hero with Python
How to Learn Python in Five Minutes - Daniel Moniz
Giant Anaconda vs Jaguar - Python vs Tiger - Python vs Leopard
Python Programming Tutorial - 1 - Installing Python
Python Programming Tutorial - 2 - Numbers
Let's Play Minecraft Survival 1.9 (PC) | Stump Staircases! | Python Plays Minecraft S2 [#12]
Python vs Alligator  01 -- Real Fight -- Python attacks Alligator
Google Python Class Day 1 Part 1
Watch : Man squeezes goats from stomach of six-foot-long python