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+#ifndef UTIL_H_
+#define UTIL_H_
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+//Utility functions
+
+//Allocates a new string containing the concatenation of first and second
+char * alloc_concat(char * first, char * second);
+//Allocates a new string containing the concatenation of the strings pointed to by parts
+char * alloc_concat_m(int num_parts, char ** parts);
+//Returns the size of a file using fseek and ftell
+long file_size(FILE * f);
+//Strips whitespace and non-printable characters from the beginning and end of a string
+char * strip_ws(char * text);
+char * split_keyval(char * text);
+
+#endif //UTIL_H_