jodd-core/src/main/java/jodd/util/StringUtil.java
public static String stripLeadingChar(final String string, final char c) {
		if (string.length() > 0) {
			if (string.charAt(0) == c) {
				return string.substring(1);
			}
		}
		return string;
	}
public static String stripLeadingChar(final String string, final char c) {
		if (string.length() > 0) {
			if (string.charAt(0) == c) {
				return string.substring(1);
			}
		}
		return string;
	}
Strips leading char if string starts with one.