Add support for the "simulate" option

diff --git a/youtube-dl b/youtube-dl
index adb4234c7be89d4507426d8cab3d66866474f0a5..7323ad4f28981c4bd7aae3930215363e5af16270 100755 (executable)
--- a/youtube-dl
+++ b/youtube-dl
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
        password:       Password for authentication purposes.
        usenetrc:       Use netrc for authentication instead.
        quiet:          Do not print messages to stdout.
+       simulate:       Do not download the video files.
        format:         Video format code.
        outtmpl:        Template for output names.
        """
@@ -162,6 +163,9 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
                                if (len(url_list) > 1 or len(results) > 1) and re.search(r'%\(.+?\)s', self._params['outtmpl']) is None:
                                        sys.exit('ERROR: fixed output name but more than one file to download')
 
+                               if self._params.get('simulate', False):
+                                       continue
+
                                for result in results:
                                        try:
                                                filename = self._params['outtmpl'] % result
@@ -435,6 +439,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
                        'username': None,
                        'password': None,
                        'quiet': False,
+                       'simulate': True,
                        'format': None,
                        'outtmpl': '%(id)s.%(ext)s'
                        })