Unzip Gz File Python: A Step-By-Step Guide

Reading Gz File Contents

The simplest way to access the contents of a gzipped file in Python is to use the gzip.open() method. This will return a file-like object that can be read from or written to just like a normal file.

Here is an example:

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import gzip with gzip.open('file.gz', 'rb') as f:   file_content = f.read() print(file_content)

The 'rb' mode opens the gzipped file for reading bytes. The decompressed file content can then be accessed using f.read() or read line-by-line within a for loop.

This allows you to access the uncompressed data as if the file was never compressed.