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+#
+# Copyright (c) 2012-2023 Snowflake Computing Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+
+import pytest
+
+from snowflake.snowpark._internal import utils
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path, expected_dir, expected_file",
+    [
+        ("stage/", "stage", ""),
+        ("stage/file.txt", "stage", "file.txt"),
+        ("dir/subdir/file.txt", "dir/subdir", "file.txt"),
+        ("@stage/dir/subdir/file.txt", "@stage/dir/subdir", "file.txt"),
+        ("'@stage/dir/subdir/file.txt'", "@stage/dir/subdir", "file.txt"),
+        (
+            "snow://domain/test_entity/versions/test_version/file.txt",
+            "snow://domain/test_entity/versions/test_version",
+            "file.txt",
+        ),
+        (
+            "'snow://domain/test_entity/versions/test_version/file.txt'",
+            "snow://domain/test_entity/versions/test_version",
+            "file.txt",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_split_path(path: str, expected_dir: str, expected_file: str) -> None:
+    dir, file = utils.split_path(path)
+    assert expected_dir == dir
+    assert expected_file == file
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path, is_local, expected",
+    [
+        ("dir/file.txt", True, "'file://dir/file.txt'"),
+        ("dir/subdir/file.txt", True, "'file://dir/subdir/file.txt'"),
+        ("'dir/subdir/file.txt'", True, "'dir/subdir/file.txt'"),
+        ("file://dir/subdir/file.txt", True, "'file://dir/subdir/file.txt'"),
+        ("stage/", False, "'@stage/'"),
+        ("stage/file.txt", False, "'@stage/file.txt'"),
+        ("'stage/file.txt'", False, "'stage/file.txt'"),
+        (
+            "stage/'embedded_quote'/file.txt",
+            False,
+            "'@stage/\\'embedded_quote\\'/file.txt'",
+        ),
+        ("@stage/dir/subdir/file.txt", False, "'@stage/dir/subdir/file.txt'"),
+        ("'@stage/dir/subdir/file.txt'", False, "'@stage/dir/subdir/file.txt'"),
+        (
+            "snow://domain/test_entity/versions/test_version/file.txt",
+            False,
+            "'snow://domain/test_entity/versions/test_version/file.txt'",
+        ),
+        (
+            "'snow://domain/test_entity/versions/test_version/file.txt'",
+            False,
+            "'snow://domain/test_entity/versions/test_version/file.txt'",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_normalize_path(path: str, is_local: bool, expected: str) -> None:
+    actual = utils.normalize_path(path, is_local)
+    assert expected == actual