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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 get_file_contents(filename):
 """ Read file contents from file `filename` """

    data = None
    try:
        with open(filename) as pf:
            data = pf.read()
    except IOError:
        # File not found, return None
        pass
    return data