In my ~/.bashrc
, I have an alias called yy
as follows
alias yy="youtube-dl -f 'bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]'"
But I often run it this way
yy <url list> && exit
I would like to make it simpler and convert it to a simple alias called yye
.
yye <url list>
Would anyone please advise how to carry out this alias definition?
Best Answer
Don't use an alias for that. Use a function:
The above command defines the alias. If you want it to be permanent, put the above in your
~/.bashrc
file.The command
yye
may be invoked as: