code: def read_file(pathlist: str) -> List[str]:
      """
      Read list of lines from target file.
  
      Args:
          pathlist (str): Input file path
      Returns:
          sorted(pathlist) (list): List of lines
      """
      with open(pathlist, "r") as f:
          pathlist = f.readlines()
      return sorted(pathlist)
  
imports: import json
  import os
  from collections import Counter
  from collections import OrderedDict
  from pathlib import Path
  from typing import Dict, List, Union
  import librosa
  import numpy
  from nemo.collections.asr.parts.utils.speaker_utils import audio_rttm_map, get_subsegments, get_uniqname_from_filepath, rttm_to_labels, segments_manifest_to_subsegments_manifest, write_rttm2manifest
  from nemo.utils.data_utils import DataStoreObject
label_desc: Use image node_id 9 for calling a global function with example usage: read_file(pathlist) and returns: sorted