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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 latch_file_info(self, args):
 """Extract the file paths from a set of arguments """

        self.file_dict.clear()
        for key, val in self.file_args.items():
            try:
                file_path = args[key]
                if file_path is None:
                    continue
                # 'args' is special
                if key[0:4] == 'args':
                    if isinstance(file_path, list):
                        tokens = file_path
                    elif isinstance(file_path, str):
                        tokens = file_path.split()
                    else:
                        raise TypeError(
                            "Args has type %s, expect list or str" % type(file_path))
                    for token in tokens:
                        self.file_dict[token.replace('.gz', '')] = val
                else:
                    self.file_dict[file_path.replace('.gz', '')] = val
            except KeyError:
                pass