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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 load_output_meta(self):
 """ Load descriptive output meta data from a JSON file in the input directory. """

        options = self.options
        file_path = os.path.join(options.inputdir, 'output.meta.json')
        with open(file_path) as infile:
            return json.load(infile)