Password Brute Force

[2skywalkers]

Thanks, this makes A LOT of sense. I would like some feedback on this code if you don't mind please, thanks. I feel like there is a better way of doing this using a loop or something like that, but im still trying to figure that out.

import itertools

password = 'dog'

for item in list(itertools.product('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', repeat=1)):
        
    print(''.join(item))
    
    if(''.join(item)) == password:
        break
        
    elif(''.join(item)) == 'z':
        
        for item in list(itertools.product('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', repeat=2)):
            
            print(''.join(item))
            
            if(''.join(item)) == password:
                break
        
            elif(''.join(item)) == 'zz':
                
                
                for item in list(itertools.product('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', repeat=3)):
            
                    print(''.join(item))
                    
                    if(''.join(item)) == password:
                        break
        
                    elif(''.join(item)) == 'zzz':
                        
                        
                        for item in list(itertools.product('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz', repeat=4)):
            
                            print(''.join(item))
                            
                            if(''.join(item)) == password:
                                break