import os import yt_dlp.utils def get_created_files(id): # youtube-dl transforms filenames when saving, for example changing - to _ at the start to presumbly not trigger switches in shell, but also in other strange ways too sanitized_id = yt_dlp.utils.sanitize_filename(id, restricted=True) # all file names then have an underscore before the converted URL id += "_" sanitized_id += "_" return (f for f in os.listdir() if f.startswith(sanitized_id) or f.startswith(id)) def clean_up_temp_files(id): created_files = get_created_files(id) for file in created_files: os.unlink(file)