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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 stats_tube(self, tube: str) -> Stats: """Returns tube statistics. :param tube: The tube to return statistics for. """

        return self._stats_cmd(b'stats-tube %b' % tube.encode('ascii'))