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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 set_executable(filename):
 """Set the exectuable bit on the given filename"""

    st = os.stat(filename)
    os.chmod(filename, st.st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)