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29th June 2023

TIL CLI tools hidden in the Python standard library — Seth Michael Larson [pointed out](https://twitter.com/sethmlarson/status/1674141676325990400) that the Python `gzip` module can be used as a CLI tool like this:

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Posted 29th June 2023 at 12:16 am

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