awk like usage in python

[Rudra Banerjee]

Friends,
I am in process learning python.
I basically use shell scripts for text formatting and trying my hand on
python.
where I am fighting is awk's functionality in python. 
Say, one of my real tiny code looks like:
#!/bin/bash
TMP=store
for i in $1/MnBi_EOS_*
do
#  echo $i
  grep -A 15 "T(est)" $i/out-Dy-eos2 >$TMP
  var_T=`awk '/T\(est\)/{printf $2}' $TMP`
  var_s1=`awk '/s1,torque/{print $6;exit}' $TMP`
  var_t=`awk '/s1,torque/{print $7;exit}' $TMP`
  echo  $var_T  $var_s1  $var_t >>tfl
#  echo ""
#  echo ""
done
sort -n tfl >$2
rm -i $TMP tfl

where the store looks like:
T(est)=     266.58K
TOTDOS= 0.48669E+02n_Ef= 0.62856E+02 Ebnd-0.11707E+02
 spec,subl=    1    1N= 0.72132E+01s1c=-0.50284E+00
 spec,subl=    1    1    lined-up= 0.99999E+00
 species,subl,cmp=    1    1    1    s1,torque= 0.59382E-02 0.36773E-04
 species,sublat,cmp=    1    1    1    sp-mom= 0.14449E+01
 species,sublat,cmp=    1    1    1    orbmom= 0.41075E-01
 species,subl,cmp=    1    1    2    s1,torque=-0.33939E-12 0.20885E-12
 species,sublat,cmp=    1    1    2    sp-mom= 0.54080E+00
 species,sublat,cmp=    1    1    2    orbmom= 0.14921E-01
 species,subl,cmp=    1    1    3    s1,torque= 0.60002E-02 0.15728E-02
 species,sublat,cmp=    1    1    3    sp-mom= 0.14448E+01
 species,sublat,cmp=    1    1    3    orbmom= 0.43989E-01
 spec,subl=    1    2N= 0.72132E+01s1c=-0.50284E+00
 spec,subl=    1    2    lined-up= 0.99999E+00
 species,subl,cmp=    1    2    1    s1,torque= 0.59378E-02 0.36850E-04

How can I import the awk functionality in python?