diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c4234ab74..91eecaeec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 node_modules
 testoutput.txt
+.venv
+__pycache__
+*.pyc
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diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.py b/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6abf8e9f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="cat",
+    description="Concatenate and print files",
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-n",
+    action="store_true",
+    help="Number all output lines"
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-b",
+    action="store_true",
+    help="Number non-blank output lines"
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "paths",
+    nargs="+",
+    help="The file(s) to print",
+)
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+line_number = 1
+
+for path in args.paths:
+    with open (path, "r") as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+
+    for line in lines:
+        is_blank = line.strip() == ""
+
+        if args.b:
+            if is_blank:
+                print(line, end="")
+            else:
+                print(f"{line_number:>6}\t{line}", end="")
+                line_number += 1
+        elif args.n:
+            print(f"{line_number:>6}\t{line}", end="")
+            line_number += 1
+        else:
+            print(line, end="")
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diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.py b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4682880d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import argparse
+import os
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="ls",
+    description="List directory content",
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-1",
+    action="store_true",
+    dest="one",
+    help="List one file per line",
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-a",
+    action="store_true",
+    help="Do not ignore entries starting with .",
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "path",
+    nargs="?",
+    default=".",
+    help="The directory to list",
+)
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+items = os.listdir(args.path)
+
+if args.a:
+    items = [".", ".."] + items
+else:
+    items = [item for item in items if not item.startswith(".")]
+
+items = sorted(items, key=lambda item: item.lstrip(".").lower())
+
+for item in items:
+    print(item)
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diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..955ea9fc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="wc",
+    description="Count lines, words and characters in files",
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-l",
+    action="store_true",
+    help="Count lines only"
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-w",
+    action="store_true",
+    help="Count words only"
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "-c",
+    action="store_true",
+    help="Count characters only",
+)
+
+parser.add_argument(
+    "paths",
+    nargs="+",
+    help="The file(s) to count",
+)
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+total_lines = 0
+total_words = 0
+total_chars = 0
+
+counts = []
+
+for path in args.paths:
+    with open(path, "r") as f:
+            content = f.read()
+
+            lines = len(content.splitlines())
+            words = len(content.split())
+            chars = len(content)
+
+            total_lines += lines
+            total_words += words
+            total_chars += chars
+
+            counts.append((lines, words, chars, path))  
+
+width_lines = max(len(str(total_lines)) + 1, 2)
+width_words = max(len(str(total_words)) + 1, 3)
+width_chars = max(len(str(total_chars)) + 1, 4)
+
+for lines, words, chars, path in counts:
+      if args.l:
+            print(f"{lines:>{width_lines}} {path}")
+      elif args.w:
+            print(f"{words:>{width_words}} {path}")
+      elif args.c:
+            print(f"{chars:>{width_chars}} {path}")
+      else:
+            print(f"{lines:>{width_lines}}{words:>{width_words}}{chars:>{width_chars}} {path}")
+
+if len(args.paths) > 1:
+     if args.l:
+           print(f"{total_lines:>{width_lines}} total")   
+     elif args.w:
+           print(f"{total_words:>{width_words}} total") 
+     elif args.c:
+           print(f"{total_chars:>{width_chars}} total")         
+     else:
+           print(f"{total_lines:>{width_lines}}{total_words:>{width_words}}{total_chars:>{width_chars}} total")  
+