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youtube-viewer:tldr:2d8e5

youtube-viewer: Watch a video with a specific URL in VLC.
$ youtube-viewer --player=${vlc} ${https:--youtube-com-watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ}
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The command you provided is:

youtube-viewer --player=${vlc} ${https:--youtube-com-watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ}

This command appears to be using a tool called "youtube-viewer" to play a specific YouTube video using a media player.

Here is an explanation of each part of the command:

  1. youtube-viewer: This is the name or path of the executable program called "youtube-viewer." It is a command-line tool that allows you to search and watch YouTube videos.

  2. --player=${vlc}: This is an option passed to the "youtube-viewer" command. It specifies the player to be used for playing the YouTube video. In this case, the value is ${vlc}, which is likely a placeholder variable that needs to be replaced with the actual name or path of the VLC media player executable.

  3. ${https:--youtube-com-watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ}: This is another option passed to the "youtube-viewer" command. It specifies the URL of the YouTube video to be played. The URL seems to be incomplete or incorrectly formatted. It should be a valid YouTube video URL, such as https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ. The ${...} syntax might be used to represent a placeholder variable that needs to be replaced with the actual URL.

To make this command work, you need to replace the ${vlc} placeholder with the actual name or path of the VLC media player executable and replace the ${https:--youtube-com-watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ} placeholder with the correct YouTube video URL.

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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