Query: strltrim
OS: debian
Section: 3pub
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STRLTRIM(3pub) C Programmer's Manual STRLTRIM(3pub)NAMEstrltrim - remove leading whitespace from stringSYNOPSIS#include <publib.h> char *strltrim(char *s);DESCRIPTIONstrltrim removes all leading whitespace characters from the beginning of a string, by moving everything starting from the first non-white- space character to the beginning of the string. As whitespace is counted everything for which isspace(3) returns true.RETURN VALUEstrltrim returns its argument.EXAMPLETo remove all indentation from all lines in a program, you might do the following: #include <publib.h> int main(void) { char line[512]; while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), stdio) != NULL) { strltrim(line); printf("%s", line); } return 0; }SEE ALSOpublib(3), strrtrim(3), strtrim(3), isspace(3)AUTHORLars Wirzenius (lars.wirzenius@helsinki.fi) Publib C Programmer's Manual STRLTRIM(3pub)