14. File Formats

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

• 14.1. csv — CSV File Reading and Writing
  • 14.1.1. Module Contents
  • 14.1.2. Dialects and Formatting Parameters
  • 14.1.3. Reader Objects
  • 14.1.4. Writer Objects
  • 14.1.5. Examples
• 14.2. configparser — Configuration file parser
  • 14.2.1. Quick Start
  • 14.2.2. Supported Datatypes
  • 14.2.3. Fallback Values
  • 14.2.4. Supported INI File Structure
  • 14.2.5. Interpolation of values
  • 14.2.6. Mapping Protocol Access
  • 14.2.7. Customizing Parser Behaviour
  • 14.2.8. Legacy API Examples
  • 14.2.9. ConfigParser Objects
  • 14.2.10. RawConfigParser Objects
  • 14.2.11. Exceptions
• 14.3. netrc — netrc file processing
  • 14.3.1. netrc Objects
• 14.4. xdrlib — Encode and decode XDR data
  • 14.4.1. Packer Objects
  • 14.4.2. Unpacker Objects
  • 14.4.3. Exceptions
• 14.5. plistlib — Generate and parse Mac OS X .plist files
  • 14.5.1. Examples