gzip — Easy Examples

Read and write gzip-compressed files

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Getting started with gzip

Basic import and usage of the gzip module.

python
import gzip

data = b"Hello " * 100
compressed = gzip.compress(data)
print(f"Original: {len(data)} bytes")
print(f"Compressed: {len(compressed)} bytes")
print(f"Ratio: {len(compressed)/len(data):.1%}")

decompressed = gzip.decompress(compressed)
print(f"Decompressed matches: {decompressed == data}")

The gzip module is part of Python's standard library. Read and write gzip-compressed files.

Common gzip operations

Frequently used functions from the gzip module.

python
# More gzip examples
import gzip

print(f"gzip module loaded successfully")
print(f"Location: {gzip.__name__}")
print(f"Has {len(dir(gzip))} attributes")

These are the most commonly used features of the gzip module.

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