Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why

Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why

[John]

Why does zsh complain about no matches when I invoke my yt function and how can I correct the code?  Thanks!

>From ~/.zshrc:
 yt() { [[ -z "$1" ]] || noglob youtube-dl -q "$1" &; }

Output of command:
 % yt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU                                                     :(
 zsh: no matches found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU

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Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why

[Eric Cook]

On 08/16/2015 02:32 AM, John wrote:
> Why does zsh complain about no matches when I invoke my yt function and how can I correct the code?  Thanks!
> 
> From ~/.zshrc:
>  yt() { [[ -z "$1" ]] || noglob youtube-dl -q "$1" &; }
> 
> Output of command:
>  % yt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU                                                     :(
>  zsh: no matches found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU
> 
> Please note that I am not subscribed to the ML so please cc me in the reply.
> 
You have to call the function with noglob to prevent zsh from thinking ? is a pattern character.

so:
% noglob yt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU

Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why

[John]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Eric Cook <llua@gmx.com>
> To: zsh-users@zsh.org
> Cc: da_audiophile@yahoo.com
> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 2:44 AM
> Subject: Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why
> 
> On 08/16/2015 02:32 AM, John wrote:
>>  Why does zsh complain about no matches when I invoke my yt function and how 
> can I correct the code?  Thanks!
>> 
>>  From ~/.zshrc:
>>   yt() { [[ -z "$1" ]] || noglob youtube-dl -q "$1" 
> &; }
>> 
>>  Output of command:
>>   % yt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU                           
>                           :(
>>   zsh: no matches found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU
>> 
>>  Please note that I am not subscribed to the ML so please cc me in the 
> reply.
>> 
> You have to call the function with noglob to prevent zsh from thinking ? is a 
> pattern character.
> 
> so:
> % noglob yt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU
> 

Thank you for the reply.  In the past (month ago), this function worked as-is calling the command prefixed by noglob as you recommended.  Is there any way I can roll it into the function?

Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why

[Bart Schaefer]

} In the past (month ago), this function worked as-is calling the
} command prefixed by noglob as you recommended. Is there any way I can
} roll it into the function?

Do you mean it previously worked WITHOUT prefixing by noglob?

Has the version of zsh you are using changed during that time?

The easiest thing to do is this:

    yt() { [[ -z "$1" ]] || noglob youtube-dl -q "$1" &; }
    alias yt='noglob yt'

Note you want the alias declaration after the function definition.

There's no way to include it inside the function itself because the
glob is attempted before the function is called.

Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why

[John]

----- Original Message -----
> From: Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com>
> To: "zsh-users@zsh.org" <zsh-users@zsh.org>; John <da_audiophile@yahoo.com>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 12:37 PM
> Subject: Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why
> 
> } In the past (month ago), this function worked as-is calling the
> } command prefixed by noglob as you recommended. Is there any way I can
> } roll it into the function?
> 
> Do you mean it previously worked WITHOUT prefixing by noglob?
> 
> Has the version of zsh you are using changed during that time?
> 
> 
> The easiest thing to do is this:
> 
>     yt() { [[ -z "$1" ]] || noglob youtube-dl -q "$1" 
> &; }
>     alias yt='noglob yt'


Excellent, thank you.  Yes, it did work as the function only some months ago (I rarely use it but found that it wasn't working now).  Zsh on my distro has updated since then (now running 5.08).  Minor note, I removed the noglob in the function so the relevant lines read:

 yt() { [[ -z "$1" ]] || youtube-dl -q "$1" &; }
 alias yt='noglob yt'

Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why

[Bart Schaefer]

On Aug 16,  4:43pm, John wrote:
}
} Yes, it did work as the function only some months ago [...] Zsh on my
} distro has updated since then (now running 5.08).

Is there a possibility that (a) you copy-pasted the URL into the command
line (b) you have self-insert bound to the url-quote-magic function and
(c) your distro version of zsh is using a recent development snapshot
that has the bracketed-paste widgets enabled, so url-quote-magic doesn't
work for pasted text any more?

} Minor note, I removed the noglob in the function

Yes, that's fine.  I just copied the function without editing it when I
wrote my previous reply, didn't even notice you had noglob in there.

Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why

[zzapper]

Bart Schaefer <schaefer@brasslantern.com> wrote in 
news:150816093722.ZM12415@torch.brasslantern.com:


> 
> The easiest thing to do is this:
> 
>     yt() { [[ -z "$1" ]] || noglob youtube-dl -q "$1" &; }
>     alias yt='noglob yt'
> 
BTW for those like me that had never heard of youtube-dl

https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/


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Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why

[Gowtham M]

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Not a direct answer, but youtube-dl works with the video id also, like:
% yt OC1JiAUr3ZU

You may also "setopt nonomatch" to make zsh leave the argument unchanged if
no files match. Although, be warned that it might have some side effects.

Hope this helps.

- Gowtham

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:24 PM, John <da_audiophile@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Eric Cook <llua@gmx.com>
> > To: zsh-users@zsh.org
> > Cc: da_audiophile@yahoo.com
> > Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2015 2:44 AM
> > Subject: Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am
> unsure why
> >
> > On 08/16/2015 02:32 AM, John wrote:
> >>  Why does zsh complain about no matches when I invoke my yt function
> and how
> > can I correct the code?  Thanks!
> >>
> >>  From ~/.zshrc:
> >>   yt() { [[ -z "$1" ]] || noglob youtube-dl -q "$1"
> > &; }
> >>
> >>  Output of command:
> >>   % yt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU
> >                           :(
> >>   zsh: no matches found: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU
> >>
> >>  Please note that I am not subscribed to the ML so please cc me in the
> > reply.
> >>
> > You have to call the function with noglob to prevent zsh from thinking ?
> is a
> > pattern character.
> >
> > so:
> > % noglob yt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC1JiAUr3ZU
> >
>
> Thank you for the reply.  In the past (month ago), this function worked
> as-is calling the command prefixed by noglob as you recommended.  Is there
> any way I can roll it into the function?
>

Re: Errors with my youtube-dl function in ~/.zshrc but I am unsure why

[Mikael Magnusson]

On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 6:43 PM, Gowtham M <gowthamgowtham@gmail.com> wrote:
> Not a direct answer, but youtube-dl works with the video id also, like:
> % yt OC1JiAUr3ZU
>
> You may also "setopt nonomatch" to make zsh leave the argument unchanged if
> no files match. Although, be warned that it might have some side effects.

A sidenote to this sidenote, the above doesn't work if the id starts
with a - :).

-- 
Mikael Magnusson