Add hosts entry using python

#Task : To add hosts entry to a server hosts file using python script.
# To whomsoever wondering why, this is a task which can be easily achieved via shell script, but I went forward with Python to learn python.

#Script to change the remote IP across the hosts file.
#How to run this script : python scriptname IP_that_we_need_to_set_hosts_entry
#Importing system library for passing arguments during runtime to incorporate as a jenkins job.
import sys

#The function add_remote add the remote entry to the hosts file and shows us the new entry that we added.
def add_remote():
 with open("/etc/hosts", "a") as myfile:
  myfile.write( str(entered_IP) + ' remote_server_hostname' + '\n' )
 with open("/etc/hosts", "r") as myfile:
  for line in myfile.readlines():
   if 'remote_server_hostname' in line:
    print(line)
   
        
#The function fun checks if the hosts entry for remote is added in the server. [Main function]
def fun():
 if 'remote_server_hostname' in open('/etc/hosts').read():
  print("Entry exists and is shown below...!!")
  print("++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++")
  print
  print
  print
 for line in open("/etc/hosts"):
    if "remote_server_hostname" in line:
     print line,
     print
     print
     print("++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++")
     dup_remote()
 else:
  print("Going to add the entry for remote...!!")
  add_remote()   

print
print "+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++====================++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"       
print 'The IP that we are going to add in this server as remote IP is', str(sys.argv[1])
print
print
global entered_IP
entered_IP = str(sys.argv[1]) #Global Parameter.

for line in open("/etc/hosts"):
 if "remote_server_hostname" in line:
  global existing_IP
  existing_IP = str(line.split()[0]) #Global Parameter           
print '\t \t \t \t Checking the hosts entry now...!! \t \t'
print '.........+++++...........++++....................+++++...........++++....................+++++...........++++...........'
print
print
#The function which check if the entered IP is same as the existing remote IP on the server.
def dup_remote():
 global existing_IP
 global entered_IP
 print 'The existing IP for remote in this server is --->', existing_IP
 print 'The new IP that we need to add on this server is --->', entered_IP
 print
 print '==================================================================='
 if entered_IP == existing_IP:
  sys.exit("We already have the new IP in the hosts file for remote. We are stopping the execution of this script now. Thank you...!!")
 else:
  print 'We are going to add the new remote IP now...!! Thanks..!'
  print "++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++"
  print
  file = open("/etc/hosts", "r")
  readed_lines = file.readlines()
  file.close()
  file = open("/etc/hosts","w")
  for line in readed_lines:
   if 'remote_server_hostname' not in line:
    file.write(line)
  add_remote()
       
fun()