@ -443,12 +443,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
help = ' Display sent and read HTTP traffic ' )
filesystem . add_option ( ' - t ' , ' -- tit le' ,
action= ' store_true ' , dest = ' usetitle ' , help = ' use title in file name (default) ' , default = False )
filesystem . add_option ( ' - a ' , ' -- ba tch-f ile' ,
dest= ' batchfile ' , metavar = ' FILE ' , help = ' file containing URLs to download ( \' - \' for stdin) ' )
filesystem . add_option ( ' --id ' ,
action = ' store_true ' , dest = ' useid ' , help = ' use only video ID in file name ' , default = False )
filesystem . add_option ( ' -l ' , ' --literal ' ,
action = ' store_true ' , dest = ' usetitle ' , help = ' [deprecated] alias of --title ' , default = False )
filesystem . add_option ( ' -A ' , ' --auto-number ' ,
action = ' store_true ' , dest = ' autonumber ' ,
help = ' number downloaded files starting from 00000 ' , default = False )
@ -474,11 +472,10 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
filesystem . add_option ( ' --restrict-filenames ' ,
action = ' store_true ' , dest = ' restrictfilenames ' ,
help = ' Restrict filenames to only ASCII characters, and avoid " & " and spaces in filenames ' , default = False )
filesystem . add_option ( ' -a ' , ' --batch-file ' ,
dest = ' batchfile ' , metavar = ' FILE ' , help = ' file containing URLs to download ( \' - \' for stdin) ' )
filesystem . add_option ( ' --load-info ' ,
dest = ' load_info_filename ' , metavar = ' FILE ' ,
help = ' json file containing the video information (created with the " --write-json " option) ' )
filesystem . add_option ( ' -t ' , ' --title ' ,
action = ' store_true ' , dest = ' usetitle ' , help = ' use title in file name (default) ' , default = False )
filesystem . add_option ( ' -l ' , ' --literal ' ,
action = ' store_true ' , dest = ' usetitle ' , help = ' [deprecated] alias of --title ' , default = False )
filesystem . add_option ( ' -w ' , ' --no-overwrites ' ,
action = ' store_true ' , dest = ' nooverwrites ' , help = ' do not overwrite files ' , default = False )
filesystem . add_option ( ' -c ' , ' --continue ' ,
@ -486,8 +483,6 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
filesystem . add_option ( ' --no-continue ' ,
action = ' store_false ' , dest = ' continue_dl ' ,
help = ' do not resume partially downloaded files (restart from beginning) ' )
filesystem . add_option ( ' --cookies ' ,
dest = ' cookiefile ' , metavar = ' FILE ' , help = ' file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in ' )
filesystem . add_option ( ' --no-part ' ,
action = ' store_true ' , dest = ' nopart ' , help = ' do not use .part files ' , default = False )
filesystem . add_option ( ' --no-mtime ' ,
@ -505,6 +500,11 @@ def parseOpts(overrideArguments=None):
filesystem . add_option ( ' --write-thumbnail ' ,
action = ' store_true ' , dest = ' writethumbnail ' ,
help = ' write thumbnail image to disk ' , default = False )
filesystem . add_option ( ' --load-info ' ,
dest = ' load_info_filename ' , metavar = ' FILE ' ,
help = ' json file containing the video information (created with the " --write-json " option) ' )
filesystem . add_option ( ' --cookies ' ,
dest = ' cookiefile ' , metavar = ' FILE ' , help = ' file to read cookies from and dump cookie jar in ' )
filesystem . add_option (
' --cache-dir ' , dest = ' cachedir ' , default = get_cachedir ( ) , metavar = ' DIR ' ,
help = ' Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/youtube-dl or ~/.cache/youtube-dl . At the moment, only YouTube player files (for videos with obfuscated signatures) are cached, but that may change. ' )