code: def read(*filenames, **kwargs):
      """
      Build an absolute path from ``*filenames``, and  return contents of
      resulting file.  Defaults to UTF-8 encoding.
      """
      encoding = kwargs.get("encoding", "utf-8")
      sep = kwargs.get("sep", "\n")
      buf = []
      for fl in filenames:
          with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, fl), "rb", encoding) as f:
              buf.append(f.read())
      return sep.join(buf)
  
file_path: chartify/setup.py
imports: import codecs
  import os
  import re
  from codecs import open
  from setuptools import setup, find_packages
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: read() and returns: sep