1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/skip_whitespace.c b/libbb/skip_whitespace.c
index 7b123261b..f5a61a3cf 100644
--- a/libbb/skip_whitespace.c
+++ b/libbb/skip_whitespace.c
@@ -30,3 +30,10 @@ char* FAST_FUNC skip_non_whitespace(const char *s)
 
         return (char *) s;
 }
+
+char* FAST_FUNC skip_dev_pfx(const char *tty_name)
+{
+        if (strncmp(tty_name, "/dev/", 5) == 0)
+                tty_name += 5;
+        return (char*)tty_name;
+}