diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.js b/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.js
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+++ b/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.js
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+import { program } from "commander";
+import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
+
+program
+  .name("check-for-cat")
+  .description("Implement my own version of cat")
+  .argument("<paths...>", "The file paths to process")
+  .option("-n", "Number lines")
+  .option("-b", "Number non-blank lines");
+
+program.parse();
+
+const paths = program.args;
+const showN = program.opts().n;
+const showB = program.opts().b;
+
+let lineNumber = 1;
+
+for (const path of paths) {
+  const content = await fs.readFile(path, "utf-8");
+
+  const endsWithNewline = content.endsWith("\n");
+  let lines = content.split("\n");
+  if (endsWithNewline) {
+    lines.pop();
+  }
+
+  lines = lines.map((line) => {
+    if (showB) {
+   
+      if (line === "") {
+        return line;
+      }
+      const numbered = String(lineNumber).padStart(6, " ") + "\t" + line;
+      lineNumber++;
+      return numbered;
+    } else if (showN) {
+    
+      const numbered = String(lineNumber).padStart(6, " ") + "\t" + line;
+      lineNumber++;
+      return numbered;
+    } else {
+     
+      return line;
+    }
+  });
+
+  let output = lines.join("\n");
+  if (endsWithNewline) {
+    output += "\n";
+  }
+  process.stdout.write(output);
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/cat/package-lock.json b/implement-shell-tools/cat/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cc805d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/cat/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "cat",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "dependencies": {
+        "commander": "^15.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/commander": {
+      "version": "15.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-15.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-z67u4ZhzCL/Tydu1lJARtEZYWbWaN7oYLHbsuzocr6y4N6WZAagG3RQ4FW61V1/0+jImpj293XfrcYnd1qxtPg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=22.12.0"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/cat/package.json b/implement-shell-tools/cat/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cddd041aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/cat/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "type": "module",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "commander": "^15.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.js b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5c3a3156c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { program } from "commander";
+import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
+
+program
+  .name("check-for-ls")
+  .description("Implement my own version of ls")
+  .argument("[paths...]", "The file paths to process")
+  .option("-1, --one", "This lists one file per line")
+  .option("-a", "This shows all files");
+
+program.parse();
+
+const showOneLine = program.opts().one;
+const showAllFiles = program.opts().a;
+const paths = program.args;
+
+let filePath = paths;
+if (filePath.length === 0) {
+  filePath = ["."];
+}
+
+for (const target of filePath) {
+  const info = await fs.stat(target);
+
+  let showFiles;
+  if (info.isDirectory()) {
+    showFiles = await fs.readdir(target);
+
+    if (showAllFiles) {
+      showFiles = [".", "..", ...showFiles];
+    } else {
+      showFiles = showFiles.filter((name) => !name.startsWith("."));
+    }
+    showFiles.sort();
+  } else {
+    showFiles = [target];
+  }
+
+  if (showOneLine) {
+    for (const file of showFiles) {
+      console.log(file);
+    }
+  } else {
+    console.log(showFiles.join("  "));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/ls/package-lock.json b/implement-shell-tools/ls/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09674c718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/ls/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "ls",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "dependencies": {
+        "commander": "^15.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/commander": {
+      "version": "15.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-15.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-z67u4ZhzCL/Tydu1lJARtEZYWbWaN7oYLHbsuzocr6y4N6WZAagG3RQ4FW61V1/0+jImpj293XfrcYnd1qxtPg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=22.12.0"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/ls/package.json b/implement-shell-tools/ls/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cddd041aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/ls/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "type": "module",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "commander": "^15.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/private-test/package-lock.json b/implement-shell-tools/private-test/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0bdcfb87e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/private-test/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "implement-shell-tools",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "dependencies": {
+        "commander": "^15.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/commander": {
+      "version": "15.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-15.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-z67u4ZhzCL/Tydu1lJARtEZYWbWaN7oYLHbsuzocr6y4N6WZAagG3RQ4FW61V1/0+jImpj293XfrcYnd1qxtPg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=22.12.0"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/private-test/package.json b/implement-shell-tools/private-test/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cddd041aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/private-test/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "type": "module",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "commander": "^15.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/private-test/test.js b/implement-shell-tools/private-test/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45947c6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/private-test/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { program } from "commander";
+import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
+import process from "node:process";
+
+program
+  .name("count-containing-words")
+  .description("Counts words in a file that contain a particular character")
+  .option("-c, --char <char>", "The character to search for", "e")
+  .argument("<path>", "The file path to process");
+
+program.parse();
+
+const argv = program.args;
+if (argv.length != 1) {
+  console.error(
+    `Expected exactly 1 argument (a path) to be passed but got ${argv.length}.`,
+  );
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+const path = argv[0];
+const char = program.opts().char;
+
+const content = await fs.readFile(path, "utf-8");
+const countOfWordsContainingChar = content
+  .split(" ")
+  .filter((word) => word.includes(char)).length;
+console.log(countOfWordsContainingChar);
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/private-test/text.txt b/implement-shell-tools/private-test/text.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1b448c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/private-test/text.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+hello baby gorl
+i like you
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/wc/package-lock.json b/implement-shell-tools/wc/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..116f3635e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/wc/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  "name": "wc",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "dependencies": {
+        "commander": "^15.0.0"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/commander": {
+      "version": "15.0.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-15.0.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-z67u4ZhzCL/Tydu1lJARtEZYWbWaN7oYLHbsuzocr6y4N6WZAagG3RQ4FW61V1/0+jImpj293XfrcYnd1qxtPg==",
+      "license": "MIT",
+      "engines": {
+        "node": ">=22.12.0"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/wc/package.json b/implement-shell-tools/wc/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cddd041aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/wc/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "type": "module",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "commander": "^15.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.js b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4a51e4f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+import { program } from "commander";
+import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
+
+program
+  .name("check-for-wc")
+  .description("Implement my own version of wc")
+  .argument("<paths...>", "The file paths to process")
+  .option("-l", "Counts the total number of lines")
+  .option("-c", "Counts the total number of characters")
+  .option("-w", "Counts the total number of words");
+
+program.parse();
+
+const paths = program.args;
+const showLines = program.opts().l;
+const showWords = program.opts().w;
+const showChar = program.opts().c;
+
+const noFlagsGiven = !showLines && !showWords && !showChar;
+
+const columns = [];
+
+for (const path of paths) {
+  const content = await fs.readFile(path, "utf-8");
+
+  const lineCount = content.split("\n").length - 1;
+
+  const wordCount = content
+    .split(/\s+/)
+    .filter((word) => word.length > 0).length;
+
+  const charCount = Buffer.byteLength(content, "utf-8");
+
+  columns.push({
+    path: path,
+    lines: lineCount,
+    words: wordCount,
+    char: charCount,
+  });
+}
+if (columns.length > 1) {
+  let totalLines = 0;
+  let totalWords = 0;
+  let totalChar = 0;
+
+  for (const result of columns) {
+    totalLines += result.lines;
+    totalWords += result.words;
+    totalChar += result.char;
+  }
+
+  columns.push({
+    path: "total",
+    lines: totalLines,
+    words: totalWords,
+    char: totalChar,
+  });
+}
+
+for (const result of columns) {
+  let line = "";
+
+  if (noFlagsGiven || showLines) {
+    line += String(result.lines).padStart(6, " ");
+  }
+  if (noFlagsGiven || showWords) {
+    line += String(result.words).padStart(6, " ");
+  }
+  if (noFlagsGiven || showChar) {
+    line += String(result.char).padStart(6, " ");
+  }
+
+  line += " " + result.path;
+
+  console.log(line);
+}