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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 ignore(self, tube: str) -> int: """Removes a tube from the watch list. Returns the number of tubes this client is watching. :param tube: The tube to ignore. """

        return self._int_cmd(b'ignore %b' % tube.encode('ascii'), b'WATCHING')