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youtube-dl: Download a particular language's subtitles along with the video.
$ youtube-dl --sub-lang ${en} --write-sub '${https:--www-youtube-com-watch?v=Mwa0_nE9H7A}'
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The command you provided is using the "youtube-dl" tool, which is a command-line program capable of downloading and saving videos from YouTube and various other video hosting platforms.

Let's break down the command:

  • "youtube-dl": This is the command-line tool being executed.
  • "--sub-lang ${en}": This flag specifies that the subtitles should be downloaded in a specific language. In this case, the language code specified is "en," which stands for English.
  • "--write-sub": This flag instructs youtube-dl to write the downloaded subtitles to a file.
  • "'${https:--www-youtube-com-watch?v=Mwa0_nE9H7A}'": This is the URL of the YouTube video from which the subtitles will be downloaded. The URL is enclosed in single quotes to prevent the shell from interpreting special characters within it.

Overall, this command would download the video subtitles (specifically in English) from the provided YouTube video URL and save them to a separate file on your local machine.

This explanation was created by an AI. In most cases those are correct. But please always be careful and never run a command you are not sure if it is safe.
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