file_test.py

#! /usr/bin/python

import gzip
import bz2
import time
import os

target_dir = '/home/michaela/Development'

t0 = time.time()
with gzip.GzipFile(os.path.join(target_dir, 'reddit.json.gz'), 'r') as f:
    f.read()

print 'Gzip Runtime = {}'.format(time.time() - t0)

t0 = time.time()
with bz2.BZ2File(os.path.join(target_dir, 'reddit.json.bz2'), 'r') as f:
    f.read()

print 'Bz2 Runtime = {}'.format(time.time() - t0)

t0 = time.time()
with open(os.path.join(target_dir, 'reddit.json'), 'r') as f:
    f.read()

print 'Open Runtime = {}'.format(time.time() - t0)