Downloading a list of youtube links as audio with yt-dlp

download_audio.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -e
set -u
set -o pipefail
set -x

LINK_FILE=$1
LINKS=$(cat $LINK_FILE | tr '\n' ' ')

CURR_DATE=$(date +"%Y%m%d")
CURR_TIME=$(date +"%T" | tr -d ':')
DOWNLOAD_DIR="audiodownload_$CURR_DATE$CURR_TIME"

for link in $LINKS; do
  yt-dlp -f 'ba' -x --audio-format mp3 $link -o "$DOWNLOAD_DIR/%(title)s.%(ext)s"
done