Python 3.6.5 Documentation >  File Formats

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