when calling "get command" menu item, spaces in output filename template break template argument

[tolik89u]

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What operating system do you use ?

Windows 10 x64 russian locale

List of actions to perform to reproduce the problem:

1. in settings, set output filename template so that it contains spaces, e. g.
   %(upload_date)s\%(id)s_%(playlist_id)s - %(format)s.%(ext)s
2. add some downloads to the downloads list
3. press right mouse button on one and click "get command" menu item

What is the expected behaviour ?

output filename template command line argument is correctly escaped so that spaces in template do not split it into multiple separate (invalid) arguments, so that youtube-dl could correctly run that command, e. g.
youtube-dl.exe -o "%(upload_date)s\%(id)s_%(playlist_id)s - %(format)s.%(ext)s"

What happens instead ?

spaces are not escaped and since in windows command line commands space is an arguments separator, therefore not properly escaped spaces split template argument on multiple args and break the command, so that youtube-dl already cannot rut in correctly, e. g. youtube-dl.exe -o %(upload_date)s\%(id)s_%(playlist_id)s - %(format)s.%(ext)s

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I suggest at least to wrap the output filename template in double quotes as I showed that above, as the easiest (but maybe not the best) solution.

[MrS0m30n3]

Hi, @tolik89u

I just uploaded a patched portable version, you can get it from here. I used double quotes (not the best solution) to get around spaces since '\' and '^' did not work on Windows.

If the issue still persists let me know else you should close this issue, thanks for the report.