diff --git a/include/ircd/stringops.h b/include/ircd/stringops.h
index 6a9cc8cf8..3f92aed1c 100644
--- a/include/ircd/stringops.h
+++ b/include/ircd/stringops.h
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ namespace ircd
 	string_view lstrip(const string_view &str, const char &c = ' ');
 	string_view lstrip(string_view str, const string_view &c);
 	string_view lstrip(string_view str, const string_view &c, size_t n);
+	string_view lstrip(string_view str, const char &c, size_t n);
 
 	// return view without trailing occurrences of c
 	string_view rstrip(const string_view &str, const char &c = ' ');
 	string_view rstrip(string_view str, const string_view &c);
 	string_view rstrip(string_view str, const string_view &c, size_t n);
+	string_view rstrip(string_view str, const char &c, size_t n);
 
 	// return view without leading and trailing occurrences of c
 	string_view strip(const string_view &str, const char &c = ' ');
@@ -478,6 +480,18 @@ ircd::rstrip(string_view str,
 	return str;
 }
 
+/// Remove trailing instances of c from the returned view
+inline ircd::string_view
+ircd::rstrip(string_view str,
+             const char &c,
+             size_t n)
+{
+	while(endswith(str, c) && n--)
+		str.pop_back();
+
+	return str;
+}
+
 /// Remove trailing instances of c from the returned view
 inline ircd::string_view
 ircd::rstrip(const string_view &str,
@@ -512,6 +526,18 @@ ircd::lstrip(string_view str,
 	return str;
 }
 
+/// Remove n leading instances of c from the returned view
+inline ircd::string_view
+ircd::lstrip(string_view str,
+             const char &c,
+             size_t n)
+{
+	while(startswith(str, c) && n--)
+		str.pop_front();
+
+	return str;
+}
+
 /// Remove leading instances of c from the returned view.
 inline ircd::string_view
 ircd::lstrip(const string_view &str,