From adc0ae3ceb9371eb23a9a4d81d0e134ac861723e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Philipp Hagemeister Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 01:56:15 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] [__init__] Provide a better error messages if URLs are missing (Closes #4813) --- youtube_dl/__init__.py | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py index 71d2c6f35..e90679ff9 100644 --- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py +++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py @@ -361,7 +361,9 @@ def _real_main(argv=None): sys.exit() ydl.warn_if_short_id(sys.argv[1:] if argv is None else argv) - parser.error('you must provide at least one URL') + parser.error( + 'You must provide at least one URL.\n' + 'Type youtube-dl --help to see a list of all options.') try: if opts.load_info_filename is not None: