xopen

from xopen import xopen import os # Create a dummy gzipped file with open('example.txt', 'w') as f: f.write('Hello, world!\nThis is a test.') import gzip with open('example.txt', 'rb') as f_in: with gzip.open('example.txt.gz', 'wb') as f_out: f_out.write(f_in.read()) os.remove('example.txt') # Clean up uncompressed file # Open for reading (auto-detects gzip) with xopen('example.txt.gz', mode='rt') as f: content = f.read() print(f'Read content: {content.strip()}') # Open for writing (creates xz compressed file) output_file = 'output.txt.xz' with xopen(output_file, mode='wt', compresslevel=3) as f: f.write('This is compressed with xz.\nAnother line.') # Verify writing (optional: requires another xopen to read it back) with xopen(output_file, mode='rt') as f: written_content = f.read() print(f'Written content to {output_file}: {written_content.strip()}') # Clean up generated files os.remove('example.txt.gz') os.remove(output_file)