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

[Eric Cook <llua@xxxxxxx>]

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