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in reply to scalar or sub that can tell me the terminal print offset ?

Not sure what you're actually looking for.

Would this fit the bill?

my @strings = ( 'Paint it black', 'Satisfaction', 'Lady Jane' ) ;
say $_, ' ', length for @strings;

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