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-rw-r--r--youtube_dl/__init__.py4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
index 737f6545d..7a0466077 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/__init__.py
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ def _real_main(argv=None):
if opts.batchfile == '-':
batchfd = sys.stdin
else:
- batchfd = io.open(opts.batchfile, 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore')
+ batchfd = io.open(
+ compat_expanduser(opts.batchfile),
+ 'r', encoding='utf-8', errors='ignore')
batch_urls = read_batch_urls(batchfd)
if opts.verbose:
write_string('[debug] Batch file urls: ' + repr(batch_urls) + '\n')