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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 _bse_cli_get_refs(args):
    '''Handles the get-refs subcommand'''
    return api.get_references(
        basis_name=args.basis, elements=args.elements, version=args.version, fmt=args.reffmt, data_dir=args.data_dir)