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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 render_file(path: str, **kwargs):
 """ Renders a file at the specified absolute path. The file can reside anywhere on the local disk as Cauldron's template environment path searching is ignored. :param path: Absolute path to a template file to render :param kwargs: Named arguments that should be passed to Jinja2 for rendering :return: The rendered template string """


    with open(path, 'r') as f:
        contents = f.read()

    return get_environment().from_string(contents).render(
        cauldron_template_uid=make_template_uid(),
        **kwargs
    )