import gzip default_path = '.' with gzip.open(default_path + "sumdata/train/train.article.txt.gz", "rb") as gz: with open(default_path + "sumdata/train/train.article.txt", "wb") as out: out.write(gz.read()) with gzip.open(default_path + "sumdata/train/train.title.txt.gz", "rb") as gz: with open(default_path + "sumdata/train/train.title.txt", "wb") as out: out.write(gz.read())