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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 get_checks( target_type=None, tags=None, ruleset_name=None, ruleset_file=None, ruleset=None, logging_level=logging.WARNING, checks_paths=None, skips=None, ):
 """ Get the sanity checks for the target. :param skips: name of checks to skip :param target_type: TargetType enum :param tags: list of str (if not None, the checks will be filtered by tags.) :param ruleset_name: str (e.g. fedora; if None, default would be used) :param ruleset_file: fileobj instance holding ruleset configuration :param ruleset: dict, content of a ruleset file :param logging_level: logging level (default logging.WARNING) :param checks_paths: list of str, directories where the checks are present :return: list of check instances """

    _set_logging(level=logging_level)
    logger.debug("Finding checks started.")
    return _get_checks(
        target_type=target_type,
        tags=tags,
        ruleset_name=ruleset_name,
        ruleset_file=ruleset_file,
        ruleset=ruleset,
        checks_paths=checks_paths,
        skips=skips,
    )