diff --git a/src/kit/shell/inc/shell.h b/src/kit/shell/inc/shell.h
index 5400d9c5bafff20ecc0a42eacd7ac09ccdd2c08e..54ac45583c525ecfae690a999a70183f289151c3 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/inc/shell.h
+++ b/src/kit/shell/inc/shell.h
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ void get_history_path(char* history);
 void cleanup_handler(void* arg);
 void exitShell();
 int shellDumpResult(TAOS* con, char* fname, int* error_no, bool printMode);
-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 987087d71f801d351799966fe8b47d347c6bb2d2..98ea6510d7abd2cae75037653102d5487faba41d 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellDarwin.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellDarwin.c
@@ -349,31 +349,6 @@ void *shellLoopQuery(void *arg) {
   return NULL;
 }
 
-void shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
-  int pos = 0, cols = 0;
-  while (pos < length) {
-    wchar_t wc;
-    pos += mbtowc(&wc, str + pos, MB_CUR_MAX);
-    if (pos > length) {
-      break;
-    }
-
-    int w = wcwidth(wc);
-    if (w > 0) {
-      if (width > 0 && cols + w > width) {
-        break;
-      }
-      printf("%lc", wc);
-      cols += w;
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (; cols < width; cols++) {
-    putchar(' ');
-  }
-}
-
-
 int get_old_terminal_mode(struct termios *tio) {
   /* Make sure stdin is a terminal. */
   if (!isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
index 4ef51eaa5a8ff7e073fa421f0efcd137974ec694..5b4da875de38672df9f1b76ce6c9174b06f4318f 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellEngine.c
@@ -435,7 +435,6 @@ static int dumpResultToFile(const char* fname, TAOS_RES* result) {
 
   int num_fields = taos_num_fields(result);
   TAOS_FIELD *fields = taos_fetch_fields(result);
-  int32_t* length = taos_fetch_lengths(result);
   int precision = taos_result_precision(result);
 
   for (int col = 0; col < num_fields; col++) {
@@ -448,6 +447,7 @@ static int dumpResultToFile(const char* fname, TAOS_RES* result) {
   
   int numOfRows = 0;
   do {
+    int32_t* length = taos_fetch_lengths(result);
     for (int i = 0; i < num_fields; i++) {
       if (i > 0) {
         fputc(',', fp);
@@ -465,6 +465,39 @@ static int dumpResultToFile(const char* fname, TAOS_RES* result) {
 }
 
 
+static void shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
+  int pos = 0, cols = 0;
+  while (pos < length) {
+    wchar_t wc;
+    int bytes = mbtowc(&wc, str + pos, MB_CUR_MAX);
+    if (bytes == 0) {
+      break;
+    }
+    pos += bytes;
+    if (pos > length) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+#ifdef WINDOWS
+    int w = bytes;
+#else
+    int w = wcwidth(wc);
+#endif
+    if (w > 0) {
+      if (width > 0 && cols + w > width) {
+        break;
+      }
+      printf("%lc", wc);
+      cols += w;
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (; cols < width; cols++) {
+    putchar(' ');
+  }
+}
+
+
 static void printField(const char* val, TAOS_FIELD* field, int width, int32_t length, int precision) {
   if (val == NULL) {
     int w = width;
@@ -523,7 +556,6 @@ static int verticalPrintResult(TAOS_RES* result) {
 
   int num_fields = taos_num_fields(result);
   TAOS_FIELD *fields = taos_fetch_fields(result);
-  int32_t* length = taos_fetch_lengths(result);
   int precision = taos_result_precision(result);
 
   int maxColNameLen = 0;
@@ -537,6 +569,7 @@ static int verticalPrintResult(TAOS_RES* result) {
   int numOfRows = 0;
   do {
     printf("*************************** %d.row ***************************\n", numOfRows + 1);
+    int32_t* length = taos_fetch_lengths(result);
     for (int i = 0; i < num_fields; i++) {
       TAOS_FIELD* field = fields + i;
 
@@ -631,7 +664,6 @@ static int horizontalPrintResult(TAOS_RES* result) {
 
   int num_fields = taos_num_fields(result);
   TAOS_FIELD *fields = taos_fetch_fields(result);
-  int32_t* length = taos_fetch_lengths(result);
   int precision = taos_result_precision(result);
 
   int width[TSDB_MAX_COLUMNS];
@@ -643,6 +675,7 @@ static int horizontalPrintResult(TAOS_RES* result) {
 
   int numOfRows = 0;
   do {
+    int32_t* length = taos_fetch_lengths(result);
     for (int i = 0; i < num_fields; i++) {
       putchar(' ');
       printField(row[i], fields + i, width[i], length[i], precision);
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c
index d8b3e9bb4da07d0c6d333584ddaeee53655a263b..b4b74eae3ab13b4a22e7fa992317fd8f33bc3fbc 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellLinux.c
@@ -323,30 +323,6 @@ void *shellLoopQuery(void *arg) {
   return NULL;
 }
 
-void shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
-  int pos = 0, cols = 0;
-  while (pos < length) {
-    wchar_t wc;
-    pos += mbtowc(&wc, str + pos, MB_CUR_MAX);
-    if (pos > length) {
-      break;
-    }
-
-    int w = wcwidth(wc);
-    if (w > 0) {
-      if (width > 0 && cols + w > width) {
-        break;
-      }
-      printf("%lc", wc);
-      cols += w;
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (; cols < width; cols++) {
-    putchar(' ');
-  }
-}
-
 int get_old_terminal_mode(struct termios *tio) {
   /* Make sure stdin is a terminal. */
   if (!isatty(STDIN_FILENO)) {
diff --git a/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c b/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c
index 440aa508ab493510d3a7771165f1be8f4fde4a79..48545f537e3848b955195ae261080b307e06a2f9 100644
--- a/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c
+++ b/src/kit/shell/src/shellWindows.c
@@ -214,32 +214,6 @@ void *shellLoopQuery(void *arg) {
   return NULL;
 }
 
-void shellPrintNChar(const char *str, int length, int width) {
-  int pos = 0, cols = 0;
-  while (pos < length) {
-    wchar_t wc;
-    int bytes = mbtowc(&wc, str + pos, MB_CUR_MAX);
-    pos += bytes;
-    if (pos > length) {
-      break;
-    }
-
-    int w = bytes;
-    if (w > 0) {
-      if (width > 0 && cols + w > width) {
-        break;
-      }
-      printf("%lc", wc);
-      cols += w;
-    }
-  }
-
-  for (; cols < width; cols++) {
-    putchar(' ');
-  }
-}
-
-
 void get_history_path(char *history) { sprintf(history, "%s/%s", ".", HISTORY_FILE); }
 
 void exitShell() { exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); }