diff --git a/src/kit/shell/inc/shell.h b/src/kit/shell/inc/shell.h
index 51bd1c110224f01351dc4b85d3ae7b80b9dc2cf7..5400d9c5bafff20ecc0a42eacd7ac09ccdd2c08e 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/inc/shell.h
+++ b/src/kit/shell/inc/shell.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void get_history_path(char* history);
 void cleanup_handler(void* arg);
 void exitShell();
 int shellDumpResult(TAOS* con, char* fname, int* error_no, bool printMode);
-int shellPrintNChar(const char* str, int length, int width);
+void shellPrintNChar(const char* str, int length, int width);
 void shellGetGrantInfo(void *con);
 int isCommentLine(char *line);
 
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellDarwin.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellDarwin.c
index 2f5d1f421d3640f8a42c82cab0c9642b5a18acb9..e4ef06c4036ebd8f8c1638b63407889686c4c2d4 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellDarwin.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellDarwin.c
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ void *shellLoopQuery(void *arg) {
   return NULL;
 }
 
-int shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
+void shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
   int pos = 0, cols = 0;
   while (pos < length) {
     wchar_t wc;
@@ -371,7 +371,9 @@ int shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
     }
   }
 
-  return cols;
+  for (; cols < width; cols++) {
+    putchar(' ');
+  }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
index b4103ab331cb918cb19a2e9cda84d91870091d0a..ba5909923b2e84a70fc987973249e7aab629c1bb 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
@@ -484,9 +484,7 @@ static void printField(const char* val, TAOS_FIELD* field, int width, int32_t le
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_BINARY:
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_NCHAR:
-      for (int w = shellPrintNChar(val, length, width); w < width; w++) {
-        putchar(' ');
-      }
+      shellPrintNChar(val, length, width);
       break;
     case TSDB_DATA_TYPE_TIMESTAMP:
       formatTimestamp(buf, *(int64_t*)val, precision);
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c
index 37c08d7ae98e6389d9ff446c32f44a1397103759..856e011a78bb63b112239f644d1423c0d21b8d04 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void *shellLoopQuery(void *arg) {
   return NULL;
 }
 
-int shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
+void shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
   int pos = 0, cols = 0;
   while (pos < length) {
     wchar_t wc;
@@ -348,7 +348,9 @@ int shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
     }
   }
 
-  return cols;
+  for (; cols < width; cols++) {
+    putchar(' ');
+  }
 }
 
 int get_old_terminal_mode(struct termios *tio) {
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c
index 8c7f24ef5213c41eb327eaa3e35aab15e2c98712..c4466772766863bccd66869d434b38a1b9a47222 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ void *shellLoopQuery(void *arg) {
   return NULL;
 }
 
-int shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
+void shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
   int pos = 0, cols = 0;
   while (pos < length) {
     wchar_t wc;
@@ -237,7 +237,9 @@ int shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
     }
   }
 
-  return cols;
+  for (; cols < width; cols++) {
+    putchar(' ');
+  }
 }