# print table header
# fields space allocation: underline, Path, Name, status, desc, reset underline
printf "\n\t%s%-20s| %-10s%-12s| %-20s%s\n", &colorParse('%u'), 'Path', 'Name', '', 'Description', &colorParse('%n');  # header with some color characters
printf "\t%-20s| %-10s%-12s| %-20s\n", '', '', '', '';  # empty line under the header

while (my($key, $val) = each(%{$shares})) {
    .... # extract $path, $name, $status, $desc
    # color constants should be assigned with separate space in printf (their space is deducted when we print)
    # fields space allocation: pathColor, path, pathReset, shareName, statusColor, status, statusReset, desc
    printf "\t%s%-20s%s| %-10s%s%-12s%s| %-20s\n", $pathColor, &truncateStr($path, 20), $pathReset, &truncateStr($name, 10), $statusColor, $status, $statusReset, &truncateStr($desc, 20) || '';
}

##</code><code>##

Path                | Name                  | Description         
------------------------------------------------------------------
                    |                       |
/exadmin            | testing               | lalala
/                   | test                  |
/test1              | test1      (inactive) | hello

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