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python-zipfile-extracting.py
from zipfile import ZipFile, Path
with ZipFile('python-3.9.0-docs-pdf-a4.zip') as archive:
# extract everything
archive.extractall()
# just one file
archive.extract('docs-pdf/faq.pdf', 'docs')
# pathlike way
root = Path(archive)
faq = root / 'docs-pdf' / 'faq.pdf'
# read them directly
data = faq.read_bytes()[0:4]
assert data == b'%PDF'
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