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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 _parse_file_spec(self, spec):
        '''
        Separate wildcard specs into more specs
        '''
        # separate wildcard specs into more specs
        if '*' in spec['file']:
            expanded_paths = _expand_paths(spec['file'])
            if not expanded_paths:
                return []
            expanded_specs = []
            for p in expanded_paths:
                _spec = copy.copy(spec)
                _spec['file'] = p
                expanded_specs.append(_spec)
            return expanded_specs

        else:
            return [spec]