{"id":4785,"date":"2024-03-14T01:56:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T01:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-reading-compressed-files-in-python\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T13:24:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:24:21","slug":"what-is-the-method-for-reading-compressed-files-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-for-reading-compressed-files-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Read Compressed Files in Python"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Python, the typical method for reading compressed files is to use relevant libraries to extract the files before reading the contents. Commonly used libraries include zipfile and tarfile.<\/p>\n

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  1. compressed file containing multiple files<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    import<\/span> zipfile\r\n\r\nwith<\/span> zipfile.ZipFile('example.zip'<\/span>, 'r'<\/span>) as<\/span> zip_file:\r\n    for<\/span> file_name in<\/span> zip_file.namelist():\r\n        with<\/span> zip_file.open<\/span>(file_name) as<\/span> file:\r\n            content = file.read()\r\n            # \u5904\u7406\u6587\u4ef6\u5185\u5bb9<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
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    1. compressed file containing multiple files<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      import<\/span> tarfile\r\n\r\nwith<\/span> tarfile.open<\/span>('example.tar'<\/span>, 'r'<\/span>) as<\/span> tar_file:\r\n    for<\/span> file in<\/span> tar_file.getmembers():\r\n        f = tar_file.extractfile(file)\r\n        content = f.read()\r\n        # \u5904\u7406\u6587\u4ef6\u5185\u5bb9<\/span>\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n
      The code above demonstrates how to open a compressed file and read its contents. The appropriate library and method can be chosen based on the specific situation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
      In Python, the typical method for reading compressed files is to use relevant libraries to extract the files before reading the contents. Commonly used libraries include zipfile and tarfile. compressed file containing multiple files import zipfile with zipfile.ZipFile(‘example.zip’, ‘r’) as zip_file: for file_name in zip_file.namelist(): with zip_file.open(file_name) as file: content = file.read() # \u5904\u7406\u6587\u4ef6\u5185\u5bb9 compressed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_import_markdown_pro_load_document_selector":0,"_import_markdown_pro_submit_text_textarea":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4643,890,72,4645,4644],"class_list":["post-4785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-compressed-files","tag-file-handling","tag-python","tag-tarfile","tag-zipfile"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to Read Compressed Files in Python - Blog - Silicon Cloud<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to read compressed files in Python using zipfile and tarfile libraries. 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