title: how to indent the lines in file + bash
body: <p>I have many files like the following ( the same concept on all the files )</p>
  
  <pre><code> more list-OS23
  
   linux-d
   linux-01  fedora-linux-c
   Solaris_machine1
   AIX-65             linux-redhat18   unixware7-h  unix-digital
         linux56-a     linuxr9 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>my target is to indent the lines as the following format order</p>
  
  <pre><code> more list-OS23
  
  
   cycel 1             cycel2             cycel3         cycel4
  
  
   linux-d             fedora-linux-c     unixware7-h    unix-digital
   linux-01            linux-redhat18
   Solaris_machine1    linuxr9        
   AIX-65               
   linux56-a 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I try to indent the file/s by awk </p>
  
  <pre><code>  awk '{print $1"  "$2"   "$3}'  file
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but the indentation not as I expected</p>
  
  <p>can I get idea or real example how to indent the file? </p>
  
  <p>I think printf is good command for this propose  </p>