nushell/docs/commands/str_lpad.md

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---
title: str lpad
layout: command
version: 0.59.1
---
pad a string with a character a certain length
## Signature
```> str lpad ...rest --length --character```
## Parameters
- `...rest`: optionally check if string contains pattern by column paths
- `--length {int}`: length to pad to
- `--character {string}`: character to pad with
## Examples
Left pad a string with a character a number of places
```shell
> 'nushell' | str lpad -l 10 -c '*'
```
Left pad a string with a character a number of places
```shell
> '123' | str lpad -l 10 -c '0'
```
Use lpad to truncate a string
```shell
> '123456789' | str lpad -l 3 -c '0'
```
Use lpad to pad Unicode
```shell
> '▉' | str lpad -l 10 -c '▉'
```