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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 _derive_unique_path(self):
 """Guess unique sequences path produced by Mothur"""

        base, ext = path.splitext(self._input_filename)
        return '%s.unique%s' % (base, ext)