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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 cmd_request_path_counter(self):
 """Generate statistics about HTTP requests' path."""

        paths = defaultdict(int)
        for line in self._valid_lines:
            paths[line.http_request_path] += 1
        return paths