1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/skip_whitespace.c b/libbb/skip_whitespace.c
index 02c1f5828..bdfb97d70 100644
--- a/libbb/skip_whitespace.c
+++ b/libbb/skip_whitespace.c
@@ -7,12 +7,19 @@
  * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
  */
 
-#include <ctype.h>
 #include "libbb.h"
 
 char *skip_whitespace(const char *s)
 {
+        /* NB: isspace('0') returns 0 */
         while (isspace(*s)) ++s;
 
         return (char *) s;
 }
+
+char *skip_non_whitespace(const char *s)
+{
+        while (*s && !isspace(*s)) ++s;
+
+        return (char *) s;
+}