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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(target):
 """Opens the target file or URL in the default application. **Attribution**: Written by user4815162342 and originally posted on `Stack Overflow <http://stackoverflow.com/a/17317468>`_. **Examples**: :: auxly.open("myfile.txt") auxly.open("https://www.github.com/") """

    if sys.platform == "win32":
        os.startfile(target)
    else:
        opener = "open" if sys.platform == "darwin" else "xdg-open"
        subprocess.call([opener, target])