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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 = 'youtube-dl "ytsearch:{}" --max-downloads 1 -o - | cvlc - --no-video'
system(call.format(' '.join(argv[1:])))
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