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while read line
do
field=`echo $line | cut -d',' -f10`
echo " b4 change ${#field} $field"
field=$(printf "%-18s" "$field")
echo "after change ${#field} $field"
done < file1

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Hi.

Actually, I meant to say field.

I would normally say field, but somehow said column :) (so, yes!)

I updated my earlier post to remove the confusion.

reserve the spaces before and after DESCRIPTION.

echo "123456789EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION 1234" |cut -c1-2,10-35

12EXAMPLE DESCRIPTION

#!/bin/bash
while read -r LINE
do
echo "${LINE:0:2}${LINE:9:10}${LINE:20:35}"
done <"file"

Just add quotes to the last echo
echo "$field1$field2$field3" >>outfile

nawk '{print substr($0,1,2) substr($0,10,10) substr($0, 21,14)}' filea > outfile