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Play audio from a youtube search in the terminal
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youtube-terminal.py
#!/usr/bin/env python3
from os import system
from sys import argv
# Example:
# youtube-terminal.py foo bar baz
# calls youtube-dl 'ytsearch:foo bar baz' --max-downloads 1 -o - | cvlc - --no-video
call_str = 'youtube-dl "ytsearch:{}" --max-downloads 1 -o -'
call_str += ' | cvlc - --no-video --play-and-exit'
system(call_str.format(' '.join(argv[1:])))
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I wanted to do this in bash but it wasn't working for some reason. Why doesn't

youtube-dl "ytsearch:$@" --max-downloads 1 -o - | cvlc - --no-video

work?

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