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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 get_normalized_path(path):
 """ Normalizes a path, escaping slashes if needed on Windows. Usage:: u'C:\\Users\\JohnDoe\\Documents' :param path: Path to normalize. :type path: unicode :return: Normalized path. :rtype: unicode """


    if platform.system() == "Windows" or platform.system() == "Microsoft":
        path = os.path.normpath(path).replace("\\", "\\\\")
        LOGGER.debug("> Path: '{0}', normalized path.".format(path))
        return path
    else:
        path = os.path.normpath(path)
        LOGGER.debug("> Path: '{0}', normalized path.".format(path))
        return path