skipn_spaces(9)

💅 skipn_spaces(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie 💅

okay so this is skipn_spaces(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and she is literally the “remove leading whitespace” girlie. Tiny function, main character energy. 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

skipn_spaces — Removes leading whitespace from @str.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const char * skipn_spaces (const char *str , size_t n );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• str — The string to be stripped. Yes bestie, this is the one getting the glow-up. ✨
• n — length of str to parse, will stop at if encountered before n

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

She returns a pointer to the first non-whitespace character in str. If all whitespace, she will return NULL. Periodt. 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./security/apparmor/lib.c — plus the whole squad:

• val_mask_to_str(9)
• aa_destroy_str_table(9)
• aa_info_message(9)
• aa_perm_mask_to_str(9)
• aa_apply_modes_to_perms(9)
• aa_check_perms(9)
• aa_policy_init(9)
• aa_policy_destroy(9)

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mwah 💋 — the source/version footer says ./security/apparmor, the date is October 2026, and skipn_spaces(9) is right there on the right like the icon she is. 🫶