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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def clear_dir(path):
 """Empty out the image directory."""

    for f in os.listdir(path):
        f_path = os.path.join(path, f)
        if os.path.isfile(f_path) or os.path.islink(f_path):
            os.unlink(f_path)