2 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
index 08e6ddd00..15aa0daa9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/__init__.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from .ffmpeg import (
     FFmpegEmbedSubtitlePP,
 )
 from .xattrpp import XAttrMetadataPP
+from .execafterdownload import ExecAfterDownloadPP
 
 __all__ = [
     'AtomicParsleyPP',
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@ __all__ = [
     'FFmpegExtractAudioPP',
     'FFmpegEmbedSubtitlePP',
     'XAttrMetadataPP',
+    'ExecAfterDownloadPP',
 ]
diff --git a/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..08419a3d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/postprocessor/execafterdownload.py
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+import subprocess
+
+from .common import PostProcessor
+from ..utils import (
+    shlex_quote,
+    PostProcessingError,
+)
+
+
+class ExecAfterDownloadPP(PostProcessor):
+    def __init__(self, downloader=None, verboseOutput=None, exec_cmd=None):
+        self.verboseOutput = verboseOutput
+        self.exec_cmd = exec_cmd
+
+    def run(self, information):
+        cmd = self.exec_cmd
+        if not '{}' in cmd:
+            cmd += ' {}'
+
+        cmd = cmd.replace('{}', shlex_quote(information['filepath']))
+
+        self._downloader.to_screen("[exec] Executing command: %s" % cmd)
+        retCode = subprocess.call(cmd, shell=True)
+        if retCode != 0:
+            raise PostProcessingError(
+                'Command returned error code %d' % retCode)
+
+        return None, information  # by default, keep file and do nothing
+