if __name__ == '__main__': input_file = r"\\MYCLOUDPR4100\Public\field_counts.txt" output_file = r"\\MYCLOUDPR4100\Public\field_counts_sorted.txt" subreddits = {} with open(input_file, 'r') as input_handle: for line in input_handle: subreddit, count_string = line.strip().split("\t") count = int(count_string) if count > 10000: subreddits[subreddit] = count print(f"{len(subreddits)}") with open(output_file, 'w') as output_handle: count_written = 0 for subreddit, count in sorted(subreddits.items(), key=lambda item: item[1], reverse=True): output_handle.write(f"{subreddit}\n") count_written += 1 if count_written >= 20000: break