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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 from_file(cls, fname, form=None):
 """ Read an orthography profile from a metadata file or a default tab-separated profile file. """

        try:
            tg = TableGroup.from_file(fname)
            opfname = None
        except JSONDecodeError:
            tg = TableGroup.fromvalue(cls.MD)
            opfname = fname
        if len(tg.tables) != 1:
            raise ValueError('profile description must contain exactly one table')
        metadata = tg.common_props
        metadata.update(fname=Path(fname), form=form)
        return cls(
            *[{k: None if (k != cls.GRAPHEME_COL and v == cls.NULL) else v for k, v in d.items()}
              for d in tg.tables[0].iterdicts(fname=opfname)],
            **metadata)