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diff --git a/util/left_padded.go b/util/left_padded.go
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+++ b/util/left_padded.go
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+package util
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"unicode/utf8"
+)
+
+// LeftPaddedString pads a string on the left by a specified amount and pads the string on the right to fill the maxLength
+func LeftPaddedString(value string, maxValueLength, padAmount int) string {
+	valueLength := utf8.RuneCountInString(value)
+	if maxValueLength-padAmount >= valueLength {
+		return strings.Repeat(" ", padAmount) + value + strings.Repeat(" ", maxValueLength-valueLength-padAmount)
+	} else if maxValueLength-padAmount < valueLength {
+		tmp := strings.Trim(value[0:maxValueLength-padAmount-3], " ") + "..."
+		tmpLength := utf8.RuneCountInString(tmp)
+		return strings.Repeat(" ", padAmount) + tmp + strings.Repeat(" ", maxValueLength-tmpLength-padAmount)
+	}
+
+	return value
+}