Adding space to line to make it fixed length

[kushal_29]

I want to make last column width fixed by adding space. suppose I have data lik e

1 aaa abcdefgh
2 bb abcd
3 ccc abcde

This should be output into a file like -

1 aaa abcdefgh "
2 bb abcd "
3 ccc abcde "

Here I want to make last column data length as 10 characters. I have put " just to denote white space here.

Please help!

[aGerman]

You need to have your "last column" in a separate variable.

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@echo off &setlocal

set "var1=abc"
set "var2=z"

echo before:
echo "%var1%"
echo "%var2%"

call :fix10 var1
call :fix10 var2

echo after:
echo "%var1%"
echo "%var2%"

pause
exit /b

:fix10
setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
set "s=!%~1!          "
endlocal &set "%~1=%s:~,10%"
exit /b

Regards
aGerman