gistfile1.py

from __future__ import with_statement
import os,sys

def find_condition(filename,condition):
    with open(filename) as f:
        for i in f:
            i = i.strip()
            data = i.split('|')
            if condition == data[2]:
                yield i

if __name__ == '__main__':
    filename = sys.argv[1]
    condition = str(sys.argv[2])
    for d in find_condition(filename,condition):
        print d