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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 parse_db_settings(self, settings):
 """ Parse out database settings from filename or DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE. """

        if settings == 'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE':
            django_settings = os.environ.get('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE')
            self.print_message("Getting settings file from DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=%s"
                               % django_settings)
            path_pieces = django_settings.split('.')
            path_pieces[-1] = '%s.py' % path_pieces[-1]
            settings = os.path.join(*path_pieces)

        self.print_message("Parsing settings from settings file '%s'" % settings)
        parser = DatabaseSettingsParser()
        with open(settings) as settings_file:
            settings_ast = ast.parse(settings_file.read())
            parser.visit(settings_ast)

        try:
            return parser.database_settings['default']
        except KeyError as e:
            self.error("Missing key or value for: %s\nSettings must be of the form: %s"
                       % (e, self.settings_format))