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Uniform length for all the lines in file

Hi,

I have a file with different width for each line. like first line with 45characters and second line of 30 characters. But I want to make all the lines to 45 characters in file.

Appreciate your inputs

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One way. Assuming this is a normal text file.

Code:

#!/bin/ksh
(
while read line
do
        printf '%-45s\n' "${line}"
done
) <myfile >myfile.new

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