25 blank lines in my sorted_fruits output list!

[Axel_Erfurt]

Does unsorted_fruits.txt come from a different os?

test the line endings

import os

padding = 20

file = '/unsorted_fruits.txt'
if os.path.isfile(file):
    if "\r\n" in open(file,"r").read():
        print (file.ljust(padding, " ")," : DOS line endings found")
    if "\n" in open(file,"r").read():
        print  (file.ljust(padding, " "), " : UNIX line endings found")
    if "\r" in open(file,"r").read():
        print (file.ljust(padding, " ")," : MAC line endings found")