Determines if input is a path to a file, or a string with the
    content to be parsed.

def _text_or_file(input_):
    '''
    Determines if input is a path to a file, or a string with the
    content to be parsed.
    '''
    if _isfile(input_):
        with salt.utils.files.fopen(input_) as fp_:
            out = salt.utils.stringutils.to_str(fp_.read())
    else:
        out = salt.utils.stringutils.to_str(input_)

    return out