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README.md: add current Python doc link #32902

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Expand Up @@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ The `-o` option allows users to indicate a template for the output file names.

**tl;dr:** [navigate me to examples](#output-template-examples).

The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences may be formatted according to [python string formatting operations](https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting). For example, `%(NAME)s` or `%(NAME)05d`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by formatting operations. Allowed names along with sequence type are:
The basic usage is not to set any template arguments when downloading a single file, like in `youtube-dl -o funny_video.flv "https://some/video"`. However, it may contain special sequences that will be replaced when downloading each video. The special sequences may be formatted according to [Python printf-style string formatting](https://docs.python.org/3/library/stdtypes.html#printf-style-string-formatting) ([Python 2 documentation here](https://docs.python.org/2/library/stdtypes.html#string-formatting)). For example, `%(NAME)s` or `%(NAME)05d`. To clarify, that is a percent symbol followed by a name in parentheses, followed by a formatting specification. Allowed names along with sequence type are:

- `id` (string): Video identifier
- `title` (string): Video title
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