How to reproduce video automatically after download?

[tghelere]

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What command can I use with the youtube-dl, to automatically play the video with VLC?

I usually download my videos with
youtube-dl -f best -citw dtRPPc-9MGc

Ubuntu OS

[dstftw]

--exec CMD                       Execute a command on the file after
                                 downloading, similar to find's -exec
                                 syntax. Example: --exec 'adb push {}
                                 /sdcard/Music/ && rm {}'

[tghelere]

Sorry for my ignorance, but I'm still a bit disoriented ...
How do I get the filename (dynamic) and its extension?

the command would look something like:
youtube-dl -f best -citw dtRPPc-9MGc --exec vlc fileName.extension ??

[dstftw]

Have you read the example? {} is replaced with current filename being processed similarly to find's -exec.

[tghelere]

So...
youtube-dl -f best -citw dtRPPc-9MGc --exec vlc {}

Thankyou very much