
File Formats
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The modules described in this chapter parse various miscellaneous file
formats that aren't markup languages and are not related to e-mail.

* ``csv`` --- CSV File Reading and Writing
  * Module Contents
  * Dialects and Formatting Parameters
  * Reader Objects
  * Writer Objects
  * Examples
* ``configparser`` --- Configuration file parser
  * Quick Start
  * Supported Datatypes
  * Fallback Values
  * Supported INI File Structure
  * Interpolation of values
  * Mapping Protocol Access
  * Customizing Parser Behaviour
  * Legacy API Examples
  * ConfigParser Objects
  * RawConfigParser Objects
  * Exceptions
* ``netrc`` --- netrc file processing
  * netrc Objects
* ``xdrlib`` --- Encode and decode XDR data
  * Packer Objects
  * Unpacker Objects
  * Exceptions
* ``plistlib`` --- Generate and parse Mac OS X ``.plist`` files
  * Examples