diff --git a/mx_util.c b/mx_util.c
index 612e9fe..7c42334 100644
--- a/mx_util.c
+++ b/mx_util.c
@@ -780,6 +780,68 @@ int mx_read_first_line_from_file(char *fname, char **line)
     return res;
 }
 
+int mx_strscan_ull(char **str, unsigned long long int *to)
+{
+    unsigned long long int l;
+    char *s;
+    char *p;
+    char o = 0;
+    int res;
+
+    s = *str;
+
+    p = strchr(s, ' ');
+    if (p) {
+        o = *p;
+        *p = 0;
+        p++;
+    } else {
+        p = s + strlen(s);
+    }
+
+    res = mx_strtoull(s, &l);
+    if (o)
+        *(p-1) = o;
+
+    if (res == 0) {
+        *to = l;
+        *str = p;
+    }
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+int mx_strscan_ll(char **str, long long int *to)
+{
+    long long int l;
+    char *s;
+    char *p;
+    char o = 0;
+    int res;
+
+    s = *str;
+
+    p = strchr(s, ' ');
+    if (p) {
+        o = *p;
+        *p = 0;
+        p++;
+    } else {
+        p = s + strlen(s);
+    }
+
+    res = mx_strtoll(s, &l);
+    if (o)
+        *(p-1) = o;
+
+    if (res == 0) {
+        *to = l;
+        *str = p;
+    }
+
+    return res;
+}
+
 int mx_sleep(unsigned int seconds)
 {
     if (seconds)
diff --git a/mx_util.h b/mx_util.h
index 7cd10d0..e6787db 100644
--- a/mx_util.h
+++ b/mx_util.h
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ int mx_open_newfile(char *fname);
 
 int mx_read_first_line_from_file(char *fname, char **line);
 
+int mx_strscan_ull(char **str, unsigned long long int *to);
+int mx_strscan_ll(char **str, long long int *to);
+
 int mx_sleep(unsigned int seconds);
 int mx_sleep_nofail(unsigned int seconds);
 
diff --git a/test_mx_util.c b/test_mx_util.c
index 6e956f3..6263acf 100644
--- a/test_mx_util.c
+++ b/test_mx_util.c
@@ -292,6 +292,47 @@ static void test_mx_read_first_line_from_file(void)
     mx_free_null(str);
 }
 
+static void test_mx_strscan(void)
+{
+    _mx_cleanup_free_ char *s = NULL;
+    char *str;
+    unsigned long long int ull;
+    long long int ll;
+
+    assert(s = strdup("123 456 -789 246 abc"));
+    str = s;
+
+    assert(mx_strscan_ull(&str, &ull) == 0);
+    assert(ull == 123);
+
+    assert(mx_strscan_ull(&str, &ull) == 0);
+    assert(ull == 456);
+
+    assert(mx_strscan_ull(&str, &ull) == -ERANGE);
+    assert(mx_streq(str, "-789 246 abc"));
+
+    assert(mx_strscan_ll(&str, &ll) == 0);
+    assert(ll == -789);
+    assert(mx_streq(str, "246 abc"));
+
+    assert(mx_strscan_ll(&str, &ll) == 0);
+    assert(ll == 246);
+    assert(mx_streq(str, "abc"));
+
+    assert(mx_strscan_ull(&str, &ull) == -EINVAL);
+    assert(mx_streq(str, "abc"));
+    assert(mx_streq(s, "123 456 -789 246 abc"));
+    mx_free_null(s);
+
+    assert(s = strdup("123"));
+    str = s;
+    assert(mx_strscan_ull(&str, &ull) == 0);
+    assert(ull == 123);
+    assert(mx_streq(str, ""));
+    assert(mx_streq(s, "123"));
+
+}
+
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     test_mx_strskipwhitespaces();
@@ -306,5 +347,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     test_mx_strtominutes();
     test_mx_strtobytes();
     test_mx_read_first_line_from_file();
+    test_mx_strscan();
     return 0;
 }