import io


def read_and_combine_files(file_list):
	"""Given a list of file paths, strip and add a newline character to the contents of each and concatenate them all
	together into a single string.
	:param file_list: a list of file paths
	:return: string contents of all files
	"""
	contents = ""
	for f in file_list:
		contents += io.open(f, encoding="utf8").read().strip() + "\n"
	return contents