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# File Formats

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

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