1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/utils.c b/src/utils.c
index 5fba4dc..56cca93 100644
--- a/src/utils.c
+++ b/src/utils.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "../include/cfetch.h"
+#include <string.h>
 
 /* function: char *string_format(char* string)
  * input: pointer to a null-terminated string (must not be NULL)
@@ -109,3 +110,26 @@ char *concat(const char *s1, const char *s2) {
     memcpy(result + len1, s2, len2 + 1); // +1 for null-terminator
     return result; //caller needs to free memory
 }
+
+
+char *trim_whitespace(char* str) 
+{
+    char *end;
+
+    // Trim leading spaces
+    while (*str == ' ' || *str == '\t' || *str == '\n' || *str == '\r') {
+	str++;
+    }
+
+    if (*str == '\0') return str; // all spaces
+    
+    // Trim trailing space
+    end = str + strlen(str) - 1;
+
+    while (end > str && (*end == ' ' || *end == '\t' || *end == '\r' || *end == '\n')) end--;
+       
+    // Write new null terminator character
+    end[1] = '\0';
+
+    return str;
+}