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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 path_exists(self, path, follow_symlinks=True):
        "test if path exists"
        return (
            self.file_exists(path, follow_symlinks)
            or self.symlink_exists(path, follow_symlinks)
            or self.directory_exists(path, follow_symlinks)
        )