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How change format of storage

First padd the string with spaces and then store in file (e.g result) with""
Example:
i/p:

Code:

name="abc"
echo "$name">>result
Blank space..=12
Required o/p of Result file:
"abc            "  # "Value   12 blank space"

How to perform using scripting??

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