Python version of left pad.

$ pip install pyleftpad

There are two way to use pyleftpad. First of all, you can use leftpad() function from leftpad module in your Python script.

from leftpad import leftpad

def main():
    print(leftpad('hello world', 40))


main()

Second of all, you can use directly leftpad command in your shell.

$ leftpad -l 40 "hello world"