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+"""Print path to each original photo in the library and whether it is referenced or not and if it is missing
+
+Run with: osxphotos run photo_paths.py
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import osxphotos
+from osxphotos.cli import query_command, verbose
+
+
+@query_command
+def photo_paths(photos: list[osxphotos.PhotoInfo], **kwargs):
+    """Print path to each original photo in the library and whether it is referenced or not and if it is missing.
+
+    This may be useful for finding missing referenced photos.
+    """
+    print("uuid, original_filename, isreference, ismissing, path")
+    for photo in photos:
+        print(
+            f"{photo.uuid}, {photo.original_filename}, "
+            f"{'yes' if photo.isreference else 'no'}, "
+            f"{'no' if photo.path else 'yes'}, "  # don't look at ismissing for referenced which may be false but at whether path exists
+            f"{photo._path_5()}"  # this returns the candidate path for the photo wether or not it exists
+        )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    photo_paths()