def lstring(filepath: str) -> str:
    """(lstring) Read and return the file-contents as a string given a filepath

    :param filepath: Path to a file to read
    :return: Content of the file read as a string

    """
    try:
        with open(filepath, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
            return f.read()
    except UnicodeDecodeError:
        with open(filepath, "r", encoding="latin2") as f:
            return f.read()