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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_stripped_file_lines(filename):
 """ Return lines of a file with whitespace removed """

    try:
        lines = open(filename).readlines()
    except FileNotFoundError:
        fatal("Could not open file: {!r}".format(filename))

    return [line.strip() for line in lines]