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diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py
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+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from .common import PostProcessor
+from ..utils import PostProcessingError
+import subprocess
+import shlex
+
+
+class ExecAfterDownloadPP(PostProcessor):
+    def __init__(self, downloader=None, verboseOutput=None, commandString=None):
+        self.verboseOutput = verboseOutput
+        self.commandString = commandString
+
+    def run(self, information):
+        self.targetFile = information['filepath'].replace('\'', '\'\\\'\'')  # Replace single quotes with '\''
+        self.commandList = shlex.split(self.commandString)
+        self.commandString = ''
+
+        # Replace all instances of '{}' with the file name and convert argument list to single string.
+        for index, arg in enumerate(self.commandList):
+            if(arg == '{}'):
+                self.commandString += '\'' + self.targetFile + '\' '
+            else:
+                self.commandString += arg + ' '
+
+        if self.targetFile not in self.commandString:  # Assume user wants the file appended to the end of the command if no {}'s were given.
+            self.commandString += '\'' + self.targetFile + '\''
+
+        print("[exec] Executing command: " + self.commandString)
+        self.retCode = subprocess.call(self.commandString, shell=True)
+        if(self.retCode < 0):
+            print("[exec] WARNING: Command exited with a negative return code, the process was killed externally. Your command may not of completed succesfully!")
+        elif(self.verboseOutput):
+            print("[exec] Command exited with return code: " + str(self.retCode))
+
+        return None, information  # by default, keep file and do nothing
+
+
+class PostProcessingExecError(PostProcessingError):
+    pass