import json, sys, random, lzma input_file = sys.argv[1] max_idx = int(sys.argv[2]) idx = random.randint(0, max_idx) with lzma.open(input_file, "rt") as fin: for i, line in enumerate(fin): if i == idx: a = json.loads(line)["data"] for x in a: print(x, "\n\n - - -\n\n") break