How do I read compressed (.Z) files

[Alvaro Figueiredo]

Em Qua 26 Mai 2004 14:29, Mark Wall escreveu:
> If I have a UNIX compressed text file 'python.txt.Z' with
> contents: "Python
> "
>
> How do I read this data without uncompressing the file?
>
> Thank you,
> Mark

I am not sure, but the standard library module zlib may help you. 
If not, try something like:

os.popen('zcat python.txt.Z')

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