How to find out the Encoding of a File? C#

Question

Well i need to find out which of the files i found in some directory is UTF8 Encoded either ANSI encoded to change the Encoding in something else i decide later. My problem

Answer 1

See these two codeproject articles - it is not trivial to find out file encoding simply from the file content:

• Detect encoding from ByteOrderMarks (BOM)
• Detect Encoding for In- and Outgoing Text