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Review this Python function that processes a batch of files.
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1def merge_files(paths, out_path):
2 out = open(out_path, "w")
3 for p in paths:
4 f = open(p)
5 data = f.read()
6 if not data.strip():
7 continue
8 out.write(transform(data))
9 f.close()
10 out.close()
11 return out_path
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