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. robotparser — Parser for robots.txt
  • 13.4. netrc — netrc file processing
    • 13.4.1. netrc Objects
  • 13.5. xdrlib — Encode and decode XDR data
    • 13.5.1. Packer Objects
    • 13.5.2. Unpacker Objects
    • 13.5.3. Exceptions
  • 13.6. plistlib — Generate and parse Mac OS X .plist files
    • 13.6.1. Examples