diff --git a/test/test_file.py b/test/test_file.py
index 7ebb1bd..4057765 100644
--- a/test/test_file.py
+++ b/test/test_file.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import basic.program
 
 
 class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
-        def test_getFiles(self):
+        def xtest_getFiles(self):
                 job = basic.program.Job("unit")
                 args = {"application": "TEST", "application": "ENV01", "modus": "unit", "loglevel": "debug", "tool": "job_tool",
                         "modus": "unit"}
@@ -19,13 +19,22 @@ class MyTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
                 r = t.getFilesRec(job.m, job.conf.confs.get("paths").get("program"), ".*?file.*.py")
                 print (r)
 
-        def test_pathTool(self):
+        def xtest_pathTool(self):
                 job = basic.program.Job("unit")
                 args = {"application": "TEST", "application": "ENV01", "modus": "unit", "loglevel": "debug", "tool": "job_tool",
                         "modus": "unit"}
                 job.par.setParameterArgs(args)
-                self.assertEqual(utils.path_tool.generatePath("program", "komp", "testA", "CONFIG.yml"),
-                                 "/home/basic/6_Projekte/PythonProject/komponents/testA/COFIG.yml")
+                #self.assertEqual(utils.path_tool.generatePath("program", "komp", "testA", "CONFIG.yml"),
+                #                 "/home/basic/6_Projekte/PythonProject/komponents/testA/COFIG.yml")
+        def test_encoding(self):
+                print("------- test_encoding")
+                encodings = ['utf-8', 'windows-1250', 'iso-8859-1']
+                res = utils.file_tool.getFileEncoding("/home/ulrich/6_Projekte/Programme/holtz/test/tdata/encoded_iso8859.txt")
+                self.assertEqual(res, "iso-8859-1")
+                res = utils.file_tool.getFileEncoding("/home/ulrich/6_Projekte/Programme/holtz/test/tdata/encoded_win1250.txt")
+                self.assertEqual(res, "iso-8859-1")
+                res = utils.file_tool.getFileEncoding("/home/ulrich/6_Projekte/Programme/holtz/test/tdata/encoded_utf8.txt")
+                self.assertEqual(res, "utf-8")
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/utils/file_tool.py b/utils/file_tool.py
index ef4fa84..0d997df 100644
--- a/utils/file_tool.py
+++ b/utils/file_tool.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 """
 
 """
+import codecs
 import os
 import os.path
 import re
-from basic.message import Message
-from basic.program import Job
+import basic.message
+import basic.program
 from pprint import pp
 def getDump(obj):
     result=""
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ def getDump(obj):
     return str(result)
 #    if type(obj) == "__dict__"
 
-def getFiles(msg: Message, path, pattern, conn):
+def getFiles(msg, path, pattern, conn):
     """
     search filenames in the directory - if conn is set search remote
     :param msg:     -- msg-Objekt
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ def getFiles(msg: Message, path, pattern, conn):
     """
     if conn is not None:
         return getRemoteFiles(msg, path, pattern, conn)
-    job = Job.getInstance()
+    job = basic.program.Job.getInstance()
     verify = int(job.getDebugLevel("file_tool"))
     out = []
     msg.debug(verify, "getFiles " + path + " , " + pattern)
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ def getFiles(msg: Message, path, pattern, conn):
             out.append(f)
     return out
 
-def getRemoteFiles(msg: Message, path, pattern, conn):
+def getRemoteFiles(msg, path, pattern, conn):
     """
     search filenames in the directory - if conn is set search remote
     :param msg:     -- msg-Objekt
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ def getRemoteFiles(msg: Message, path, pattern, conn):
     """
     
 
-def getFilesRec(msg: Message, path, pattern):
+def getFilesRec(msg, path, pattern):
     """
     Sucht Dateien im Verzeichnis rekursiv
     :param msg:     -- msg-Objekt
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ def getFilesRec(msg: Message, path, pattern):
     :param pattern: -- Dateiname als Pattern
     :return: Array mit gefundenen Dateien, absoluter Pfad
     """
-    job = Job.getInstance()
+    job = basic.program.Job.getInstance()
     verify = int(job.getDebugLevel("file_tool"))
     out = []
     msg.debug(verify, "getFilesRec " + path + " , " + pattern)
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ def getFilesRec(msg: Message, path, pattern):
                 out.append(os.path.join(r, f))
     return out
 
-def getTree(msg: Message, pfad):
-    job = Job.getInstance()
+def getTree(msg, pfad):
+    job = basic.program.Job.getInstance()
     verify = int(job.getDebugLevel("file_tool"))
     msg.debug(verify, "getTree " + pfad )
     tree = {}
@@ -84,7 +85,45 @@ def getTree(msg: Message, pfad):
     return tree
 
 def mkPaths(msg, pfad):
-    job = Job.getInstance()
+    job = basic.program.Job.getInstance()
     verify = int(job.getDebugLevel("file_tool"))
     modus = job.conf.confs["paths"]["mode"]
-    os.makedirs(pfad, exist_ok=True)
\ No newline at end of file
+    os.makedirs(pfad, exist_ok=True)
+
+def getFileEncoding(path):
+    print(path)
+    encodings = ['utf-8', 'iso-8859-1']  # add more
+    for e in encodings:
+        print(e)
+        try:
+            fh = codecs.open(path, 'r', encoding=e)
+            fh.readlines()
+            fh.seek(0)
+        except UnicodeDecodeError:
+            print('got unicode error with %s , trying different encoding' % e)
+        except:
+            print("except")
+        else:
+            print('opening the file with encoding:  %s ' % e)
+            return e
+            break
+
+def rest(path):  # return ""
+    print(path)
+    cntIso = 0
+    cntUtf = 0
+    with open(path, 'rb') as file:
+        while (byte := file.read(1)):
+            i = int.from_bytes(byte, "little")
+            print(str(byte)+" = "+str(i))
+            #byte = file.read(1)
+            if ((i == 196) or (i == 228) or (i == 214) or (i == 246) or (i == 220) or (i == 252) or (i == 191)):
+                cntIso += 1
+                print("iso")
+            elif (i > 127):
+                cntUtf += 1
+                print("utf8")
+    if (cntIso > cntUtf):
+        return 'iso-8859-1'
+    return 'utf-8'
+