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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(fname, URL, URLImage):
 """Read the content of a file."""

    readme = open(path.join(path.dirname(__file__), fname)).read()
    if hasattr(readme, 'decode'):
        # In Python 3, turn bytes into str.
        readme = readme.decode('utf8')
    # turn relative links into absolute ones
    readme = re.sub(r'`<([^>]*)>`__',
                    r'`\1 <' + URL + r"/blob/master/\1>`__",
                    readme)
    readme = re.sub(r"\.\. image:: /", ".. image:: " + URLImage + "/", readme)

    return readme