
File Formats
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The modules described in this chapter parse various miscellaneous file
formats that aren't markup languages or are 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
  * RawConfigParser Objects
  * ConfigParser Objects
  * SafeConfigParser Objects
  * Examples
* ``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