[Question] Update Directory Name On Channel Name Change

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Hello!

I’m asking a question… based on the below scenario :

for example, I’m downloading a channel called LearningVideos to a folder on my desktop called LearningVideos.

After some days the channel changes its name to FunnyVideos.

Is there any possible way to make yt-dlp rename the folder from the old channel name to the new one automatically when a name change is detected?

The reason i’m asking this is sometimes when i download multiple channels to folders named after each channel’s name and when some of these channels make a name change on YouTube, it becomes then a tough task to verify which channels from those i downloaded have changed their name.

I hope i put this in the correct way.

[pukkandan]

You can redirect any cmd output to a file. See https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-redirection.html

[pukkandan]

If you want to print the video id, use --print id, for channel id, use --print channel_id etc. You can also print multiple fields at once using syntax like the output template. For example, --print "%(id)s,%(channel_id)s,%(filename)s"