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Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:10:04 -0600
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On 01/20/13 16:16, Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 1/20/2013 5:04 PM, Garry wrote:
>> I'm trying to manipulate family tree data using Python.
>> I'm using linux and Python 2.7.3 and have data files saved as Linux formatted cvs files
> ...
>> I'm stuck, comments and solutions greatly appreciated.
>
> Why are you not using the cvs module?

that's an easy answer:

 >>> import cvs
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: No module named cvs


Now the *csv* module... ;-)

-tkc