> Now you are always using, for instance 10 whitespaces:
>       hmc__________hmc 
>       emcon__________emcom
> 
> Like "emcon" string is bigger than "hmc" you need 10 
> whitespaces for hmc and
> 8 for emc to get the legend aligned:
>       hmc__________hmc 
>       emcon________emcom
> 

The command line utility printf is your friend here.
printf is part of the GNU coreutils.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] printf "%12s%12s" bla1 bla2
        bla1        bla2


Serge.

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