# the reading part

try:
    inFile = open("unsortedfruits.txt", 'r')

except IOError:
    print 'Failed opening unsortedfruits.txt to read'

fList = []

for unsortedfruits in inFile:
    fList.append(unsortedfruits)

fList.sort()

inFile.close()

# the writing part

try:
    outFile = open("sortedfruits.txt", 'w')

except IOError:
    print 'Failed writing into sortedfruits.txt'

outFile.writelines(fList)

outFile.close()