file opening and list sorting scratch.

d@AirBox:/tmp$ cat > random.txt
These
Are
Random
Words
That
Are
Not
in
alphabetical
order
d@AirBox:/tmp$ python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Sep 26 2012, 21:51:14)
[GCC 4.7.2] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = f.readlines()
...   print f.sorted()
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in <module>
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'sorted'
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = f.readlines()
...   print f.sort()
...
None
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f for f in f.readlines().sorted() ]
...   print f
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'sorted'
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f for f in f.readlines().sort() ]
...   print f
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = f.readline().sort()
...   print f
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'sort'
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = f.readlines().sort()
...   print f
...
None
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...    print f.readlines().sort()
...
None
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = f.readlines()
...   type(f)
...
<type 'list'>
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = f.readlines()
...   print f
...
['These\n', 'Are\n', 'Random\n', 'Words\n', 'That\n', 'Are\n', 'Not\n', 'in\n', 'alphabetical\n', 'order\n']
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = f.readline()
...   print f
...
These

>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f for f in f.readline() ]
...   type(f)
...
<type 'list'>
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f for f in f.readline() ]
...   print f.sorted()
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in <module>
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'sorted'
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f for f in f.readline() ]
...   print f.sort()
...
None
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f for f in f.readline() ]
...   f.sort()
...   prinf f
  File "<stdin>", line 4
    prinf f
          ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>>   f = [ f for f in f.readline() ]
  File "<stdin>", line 1
    f = [ f for f in f.readline() ]
    ^
IndentationError: unexpected indent
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f for f in f.readline() ]
...   f.sort()
...   print f
...
['\n', 'T', 'e', 'e', 'h', 's']
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f for f in f.readlines() ]
...   f.sort()
...   print f
...
['Are\n', 'Are\n', 'Not\n', 'Random\n', 'That\n', 'These\n', 'Words\n', 'alphabetical\n', 'in\n', 'order\n']
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f for f.strip("\n") in f.readlines() ]
...   f.sort
...   print f
...
  File "<stdin>", line 2
SyntaxError: can't assign to function call
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f.strip"(\n") for f in f.readlines() ]
  File "<stdin>", line 2
    f = [ f.strip"(\n") for f in f.readlines() ]
                     ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f.strip("\n") for f in f.readlines() ]
...   f.sort()
...   print f
...
['Are', 'Are', 'Not', 'Random', 'That', 'These', 'Words', 'alphabetical', 'in', 'order']
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f.strip("\n") for f in f.readlines() ].sort()
...   print f
...
None
>>> with open("/tmp/random.txt","r") as f:
...   f = [ f.strip("\n") for f in f.readlines().sort() ]
...   print f
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 2, in <module>
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable