Golang : Gunzip file
This tutorial demonstrates how to g-unzip a gz
file easily in Golang. It is a continuation from previous tutorial on how to unzip a zip archive.
gunzip.go
package main
import (
"compress/gzip"
"flag"
"fmt"
"io"
"os"
"strings"
)
func main() {
flag.Parse() // get the arguments from command line
filename := flag.Arg(0)
if filename == "" {
fmt.Println("Usage : gunzip sourcefile.gz")
os.Exit(1)
}
gzipfile, err := os.Open(filename)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
os.Exit(1)
}
reader, err := gzip.NewReader(gzipfile)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
os.Exit(1)
}
defer reader.Close()
newfilename := strings.TrimSuffix(filename, ".gz")
writer, err := os.Create(newfilename)
if err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
os.Exit(1)
}
defer writer.Close()
if _, err = io.Copy(writer, reader); err != nil {
fmt.Println(err)
os.Exit(1)
}
}
Outputs (example) :
./gunzip
Usage : gunzip sourcefile.gz
This program will not produce any message upon successful decompression of gzipped file.
By Adam Ng
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