appendtofile.py

dumpedInstancesByEnv = json.dumps(instancesByEnv, indent=4)
f=open("/home/youruser/env_status.json", "w+")
f.write(dumpedInstancesByEnv)
f.close()

bashprofile = open("/home/youruser/.bash_profile", "a+")
bashprofileLines = bashprofile.readlines()
for line in bashprofileLines:
    if "env_status.json" in line:
        print("bash_profile already sourcing env_status.json")
        found = True
    else:
        found = False

if not found:
    bashprofile.write('cat /home/youruser/env_status.json \n')
bashprofile.close()