download subs from a channel

yt-subs.sh

#!/bin/bash

# yt-dlp --skip-download --write-auto-subs --convert-subs srt "https://www.youtube.com/@CHANNEL"
# run this script
# for f in out/*.txt; do echo "$f"; cat "$f"; echo -e "\n\n\n"; done | split -l 100000

output_directory="out"

if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 file1.srt file2.srt ..."
    exit 1
fi

mkdir -p "$output_directory"

for input_file in "$@"; do
    if [[ $input_file == *.srt ]]; then
        filename=$(basename "$input_file" .srt)
        output_file="$output_directory/$filename.txt"

        cat "$input_file" | tr -d '\r' | grep -v '^[0-9]*$' | grep -v -- '-->' | grep -v '^[[:space:]]*$' | uniq > "$output_file"
    else
        echo "Skipping non-SRT file: $input_file"
    fi
done