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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 _split_path(path):
 """split a path return by the api return - the sentinel: - the rest of the path as a list. - the original path stripped of / for normalisation. """

    path = path.strip('/')
    list_path = path.split('/')
    sentinel = list_path.pop(0)
    return sentinel, list_path, path