Hidden file created due to leading dots in video title #3437

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opened 2026-02-21 01:21:11 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 01:21:11 -05:00

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Originally created by @ivan on GitHub (Nov 20, 2014).

# p3 -m youtube_dl "zQaBiTP2Kp4"
[youtube] Confirming age
[youtube] zQaBiTP2Kp4: Downloading webpage
[youtube] zQaBiTP2Kp4: Downloading video info webpage
[youtube] zQaBiTP2Kp4: Extracting video information
[youtube] zQaBiTP2Kp4: Downloading DASH manifest
[download] Destination: ...and an Out Take (Shinzen Young, meditation teacher)-zQaBiTP2Kp4.mp4
[download] 100% of 8.96MiB in 00:06

The video title starts with a ".", but leading dots should probably be stripped to avoid creating hidden files. (I discovered this when git annex failed to add this file, but I guess more commonly you'll see * fail to match it.)

Originally created by @ivan on GitHub (Nov 20, 2014). ``` # p3 -m youtube_dl "zQaBiTP2Kp4" [youtube] Confirming age [youtube] zQaBiTP2Kp4: Downloading webpage [youtube] zQaBiTP2Kp4: Downloading video info webpage [youtube] zQaBiTP2Kp4: Extracting video information [youtube] zQaBiTP2Kp4: Downloading DASH manifest [download] Destination: ...and an Out Take (Shinzen Young, meditation teacher)-zQaBiTP2Kp4.mp4 [download] 100% of 8.96MiB in 00:06 ``` The video title starts with a ".", but leading dots should probably be stripped to avoid creating hidden files. (I discovered this when `git annex` failed to add this file, but I guess more commonly you'll see `*` fail to match it.)

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2026-02-21 01:21:14 -05:00

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 01:21:15 -05:00

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@ivan commented on GitHub (Nov 20, 2014):

Oops, duplicate of #2865

@ivan commented on GitHub (Nov 20, 2014): Oops, duplicate of #2865

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