How to uncompress a ".tar.gz" file using Python?

To uncompress a .tar.gz file in Python, you can use the tarfile module. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to do this:

import tarfile

def extract_tar_gz(file_path, output_path='.'): with tarfile.open(file_path, 'r:gz') as file: file.extractall(path=output_path)

Given a .tar.gz file named sample.tar.gz, you can extract it to the current directory like this:

extract_tar_gz('sample.tar.gz')

Or, if you want to extract it to a specific directory, provide that as the second argument:

extract_tar_gz('sample.tar.gz', output_path='/path/to/extracted/files')

That's it! The tarfile module handles both the decompression (from .gz) and the extraction (from .tar) for you.