Trailing blanks in DBMS_OUTPUT

Dear listers,

For some bizarre reason, I want to print some lines using DBMS_OUTPUT with some lines extended to 80 characters using trailing blanks. To do this, I want to end these lines with a variety of spaces. Most of the lines howeverdo not have trailing blanks. I re-direct my default output to a file (I'm using HP-UX here).

When I do this, DBMS_OUTPUT removes the trailing blanks.

Using SQL*Plus and spool is not allowed, since most of the lines may not have trailing blanks
Using a . or a , or a ; at the end of the line is also not allowed.

Does anyone know how to do this ?

Thanks,
Paul   

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