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# 13. File Formats

The modules described in this chapter parse various miscellaneous file formats that aren’t markup languages or are related to e-mail.

- 13.1. `csv` — CSV File Reading and Writing
  - 13.1.1. Module Contents
  - 13.1.2. Dialects and Formatting Parameters
  - 13.1.3. Reader Objects
  - 13.1.4. Writer Objects
  - 13.1.5. Examples
- 13.2. `configparser` — Configuration file parser
  - 13.2.1. RawConfigParser Objects
  - 13.2.2. ConfigParser Objects
  - 13.2.3. SafeConfigParser Objects
  - 13.2.4. Examples
- 13.3. `netrc` — netrc file processing
  - 13.3.1. netrc Objects
- 13.4. `xdrlib` — Encode and decode XDR data
  - 13.4.1. Packer Objects
  - 13.4.2. Unpacker Objects
  - 13.4.3. Exceptions
- 13.5. `plistlib` — Generate and parse Mac OS X `.plist` files
  - 13.5.1. Examples

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