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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.

  • 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
    • Unnamed Sections
    • Interpolation of values
    • Mapping Protocol Access
    • Customizing Parser Behaviour
    • Legacy API Examples
    • ConfigParser Objects
    • RawConfigParser Objects
    • Exceptions
  • tomllib — Parse TOML files
    • Examples
    • Conversion Table
  • netrc — netrc file processing
    • netrc Objects
  • plistlib — Generate and parse Apple .plist files
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