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The old examples were not really showcasing that it's nice for aligning text.
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string-pad - pad strings to a fixed width
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Synopsis
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--------
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.. BEGIN SYNOPSIS
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::
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string pad [(-r | --right)] [(-c | --char) CHAR] [(-w | --width) INTEGER] [STRING...]
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.. END SYNOPSIS
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Description
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.. BEGIN DESCRIPTION
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``string pad`` extends each STRING to the given width by adding CHAR to the left.
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If ``-r`` or ``--right`` is given, add the padding after a string.
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If ``-c`` or ``--char`` is given, pad with CHAR instead of whitespace.
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The output is padded to the maximum width of all input strings. If ``-w`` or ``--width`` is given, use at least that.
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.. END DESCRIPTION
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Examples
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--------
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.. BEGIN EXAMPLES
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::
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>_ string pad -w 10 abc abcdef
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abc
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abcdef
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>_ string pad --right --char=🐟 "fish are pretty" "rich. "
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fish are pretty
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rich. 🐟🐟🐟🐟
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>_ string pad -w$COLUMNS (date)
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# Prints the current time on the right edge of the screen.
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See Also
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--------
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- The :ref:`printf <cmd-printf>` command can do simple padding, for example ``printf %10s\n`` works like ``string pad -w10``.
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.. END EXAMPLES
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