diff --git a/inc/util.h b/inc/util.h
index ec6b5ea..53e96bb 100644
--- a/inc/util.h
+++ b/inc/util.h
@@ -9,11 +9,12 @@ unsigned int count(const std::string& str, char c); //count occurances of c in s
 bool equalsIgnoreCase(const std::string& a, const std::string& b, size_t max = std::string::npos);
 
 void toLower(const std::string& in, std::string& out); //copy toLower
-
 void toLower(std::string& in); //inplace toLower
 
 bool endsWith(const std::string& str, const std::string& ending);
-
 bool startsWith(const std::string& str, const std::string& start);
 
+void removeEnd(std::string& str, const std::string& ending);
+void removeStart(std::string& str, const std::string& start);
+
 }
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diff --git a/src/Files.cpp b/src/Files.cpp
index ac4902d..4a6ba04 100644
--- a/src/Files.cpp
+++ b/src/Files.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,5 @@ void mrbesen::Files::extention(const std::string& path, std::string& ext) {
 	}
 
 	ext = filestr.substr(pos+1);
-
-	//TODO:
-	//was ist mit dotfiles?? -> prüfen auf '/' for '.'? oder auf string position (damit der punkt icht ganz links sei kann)?
-
-	//problem: "a.b/file" würde .b/file zurückgeben -> muss also auch auf '/' geprüft werden!
 }
 
diff --git a/src/Util.cpp b/src/Util.cpp
index e13c9b4..a8cc4b8 100644
--- a/src/Util.cpp
+++ b/src/Util.cpp
@@ -70,3 +70,19 @@ bool mrbesen::Util::startsWith(const std::string& str, const std::string& start)
 
 	return str.find(start) == 0;
 }
+
+void mrbesen::Util::removeEnd(std::string& str, const std::string& ending) {
+	if(ending.empty()) return;
+	
+	if(endsWith(str, ending)) {
+		str.resize(str.size() - ending.length());
+	}
+}
+
+void mrbesen::Util::removeStart(std::string& str, const std::string& start) {
+	if(start.empty()) return;
+
+	if(startsWith(str, start)) {
+		str = str.substr(start.length());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/tests/main.cpp b/tests/main.cpp
index 1e2e9f6..252f875 100644
--- a/tests/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/main.cpp
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ int testUtil_Count();
 int testUtil_equalsIgnoreCase();
 int testUtil_toLower();
 int testUtil_start_endWith();
+int testUtil_removeStart_End();
 
-test_t tests[] = {testFiles_parent, testFiles_file, testFiles_extention, testUtil_Count, testUtil_equalsIgnoreCase, testUtil_toLower, testUtil_start_endWith, NULL};
+test_t tests[] = {testFiles_parent, testFiles_file, testFiles_extention, testUtil_Count, testUtil_equalsIgnoreCase, testUtil_toLower, testUtil_start_endWith, testUtil_removeStart_End, NULL};
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
diff --git a/tests/utilstest.cpp b/tests/utilstest.cpp
index c0fe73d..dafd73b 100644
--- a/tests/utilstest.cpp
+++ b/tests/utilstest.cpp
@@ -87,5 +87,34 @@ int testUtil_start_endWith() {
 	ASSERT(!endsWith(a, "abcdefhhijklm"), "");
 	ASSERT(endsWith(a, a), "");
 
+	return TESTGOOD;
+}
+
+int testUtil_removeStart_End() {
+	std::string a = "abcdefg";
+	removeStart(a, "");
+	ASSERT(a == "abcdefg", "");
+
+	removeStart(a, "b");
+	ASSERT(a == "abcdefg", "");
+
+	removeStart(a, "a");
+	ASSERT(a == "bcdefg", "");
+
+	removeStart(a, "bcd");
+	ASSERT(a == "efg", "");
+
+	removeEnd(a, "xyz");
+	ASSERT(a == "efg", "");
+
+	removeEnd(a, "");
+	ASSERT(a == "efg", "");
+
+	removeEnd(a, "fg");
+	ASSERT(a == "e", "");
+
+	removeEnd(a, "e");
+	ASSERT(a == "", "");
+
 	return TESTGOOD;
 }
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