pwdcrack.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
def matcher(pattern):
    def sieve(string):
        if len(string) != len(pattern):
            return False
        matched = True
        for a, b in zip(pattern, string):
            if a != '*' and a != b:
                matched = False
                break
        return matched
    return sieve

p1 = ["the", "if", "of", "as", "in", "a", "you", "from", "to", "an", "too", "little", "snow", "dead", "drunk", "rosebud", "duck", "al", "le"]
p2 = ["diamond", "beer", "mushroom", "assistant", "clown", "captain", "twinkie", "security", "nuke", "small", "big", "escape", "yellow", "gloves", "monkey", "engine", "nuclear", "ai"]
p3 = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9", "0"]

allCombs = [
    q1 + q2 + q3
    for q1 in p1
    for q2 in p2
    for q3 in p3
]

while len(allCombs) > 1:
    pattern = input("Input pattern: ")
    allCombs = list(filter(matcher(pattern), allCombs))
    print(f"Matching passwords: {len(allCombs)}")
print(allCombs)