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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 follow(the_file):
 """ Follow a given file and yield new lines when they are available, like `tail -f`. """

    with open(the_file) as f:
        f.seek(0, 2)  # seek to eof
        while True:
            line = f.readline()
            if not line:
                time.sleep(0.1)  # sleep briefly before trying again
                continue
            yield line