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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_file(file_path, default_content=''):
 """ Read file at the specified path. If file doesn't exist, it will be created with default-content. Returns the file content. """

    if not os.path.exists(file_path):
        write_file(file_path, default_content)

    handler = open(file_path, 'r')
    content = handler.read()
    handler.close()
    return content or default_content