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This Python module provides a xopen function that works like the built-
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in open function, but can also deal with compressed files. Supported
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compression formats are gzip, bzip2 and xz. They are automatically
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recognized by their file extensions .gz, .bz2 or .xz.
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The focus is on being as efficient as possible on all supported Python
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versions. For example, simply using gzip.open is slow in older Pythons,
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and it is a lot faster to use a gzip subprocess.
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This module has originally been developed as part of the cutadapt tool
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that is used in bioinformatics to manipulate sequencing data. It has
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been in successful use within that software for a few years.
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