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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 read(self, filepath):
 """Returns the entire file as a string even if it is on a remote server."""

        target = self._read_check(filepath)

        if os.path.isfile(target):
            with open(target) as f:
                string = f.read()

            #If we got this file via SSH, delete it from the temp folder
            if self.is_ssh(filepath):
                os.remove(target)
        else:
            string = ""

        return string