sort_accounts.py

file = open("recommendations.txt")

recommendation = {}
for line in file:
    # print(line)
    if line == "":
        pass
    else:
        if line in recommendation:
            recommendation[line] += 1
        else:
            recommendation[line] = 0

import operator
sorted_recommendation = sorted(recommendation.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)

with open("sorted_recommendations_asx.txt", "a") as out:
    for elem in sorted_recommendation:
        out.write("{} ({} points)\n".format(elem[0].strip(), elem[1]))