code: def _read_text(path):
      """
      Read the content from a text file.
  
      Parameters
      ----------
      path : str
          The path to the file.
  
      Returns
      -------
      Return the content as string.
      """
      content = ""
      if exists(path):
          content = open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8").read().strip()
      return content
  
imports: from os.path import abspath, dirname, exists, join
  from setuptools import find_packages, setup
  from sys import version_info
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling a global function with example usage: _read_text(path) and returns: content