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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(afile):
 """Read a file into setup"""

    the_relative_file = os.path.join(HERE, afile)
    with codecs.open(the_relative_file, 'r', 'utf-8') as opened_file:
        content = filter_out_test_code(opened_file)
        content = "".join(list(content))
        return content