new_contents: import sys
  import os
  
  def get_path():
      ''' Get top level path from where the application was lauched. '''
      # split the path at the file extension
      splitPath = os.path.realpath(sys.path[0]).split('.')
  
      if len(splitPath) > 1:
          path = os.sep.join(splitPath[0].split(os.sep)[:-1])
      else:
          path = os.sep.join(splitPath[0].split(os.sep))
  
      return path
  
  def read_file(file):
      with open(file, 'r') as file:
          output = file.read()
          return output
  
  
subject: Add some file utilities