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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 find_plugins():
 """Locate and initialize all available plugins. """
 
    plugin_dir = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
    plugin_dir = os.path.join(plugin_dir, "plugins")
    plugin_files = [x[:-3] for x in os.listdir(plugin_dir) if x.endswith(".py")]
    sys.path.insert(0, plugin_dir)
    for plugin in plugin_files:
        __import__(plugin)