Printf formatting
From thelinuxwiki
just go here...
http://wiki.bash-hackers.org/commands/builtin/printf
$ printf "%10s%10s\n" "foo" "bar" foo bar
$ printf "%-10s%10s\n" "foo" "bar" foo bar
$ printf "%10s%-10s\n" "foo" "bar" foobar
$ printf "%-10s%-10s\n" "foo" "bar" foo bar