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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 open_ports(start, end, protocol="TCP"):
 """Opens a range of service network ports"""

    _args = ['open-port']
    _args.append('{}-{}/{}'.format(start, end, protocol))
    subprocess.check_call(_args)