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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+// get CLI arguments
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+// flags
+const showLines = args.includes("-l");
+const showWords = args.includes("-w");
+const showBytes = args.includes("-c");
+
+// get files (remove flags)
+const files = args.filter((arg) => !arg.startsWith("-"));
+
+// helper functions
+function countLines(text) {
+  return text.split("\n").length - 1;
+}
+
+function countWords(text) {
+  return text.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean).length;
+}
+
+function countBytes(text) {
+  return Buffer.byteLength(text, "utf8");
+}
+
+// loop through files
+for (let i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+  const file = files[i];
+
+  try {
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8");
+
+    const lines = countLines(content);
+    const words = countWords(content);
+    const bytes = countBytes(content);
+
+    let output = "";
+
+    // if no flag → show all
+    if (!showLines && !showWords && !showBytes) {
+      output = `${lines} ${words} ${bytes} ${file}`;
+    } else {
+      if (showLines) output += `${lines} `;
+      if (showWords) output += `${words} `;
+      if (showBytes) output += `${bytes} `;
+      output += file;
+    }
+
+    console.log(output.trim());
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`wc: cannot open ${file}`);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.js b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.js
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index 000000000..568c5475d
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+++ b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.js
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+const fs = require("fs");
+
+// input from terminal
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+// flags
+const showAll = args.includes("-a");
+
+// get folder (default = current folder)
+const folder = args.filter((arg) => !arg.startsWith("-"))[0] || ".";
+
+// read directory
+const files = fs.readdirSync(folder);
+
+// loop and print
+for (let i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+  const file = files[i];
+
+  // skip hidden files unless -a is used
+  if (!showAll && file.startsWith(".")) {
+    continue;
+  }
+
+  console.log(file);
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.js b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d83e8fe4
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+++ b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+const fs = require("fs");
+
+// get CLI arguments
+const args = process.argv.slice(2);
+
+// flags
+const showLines = args.includes("-l");
+const showWords = args.includes("-w");
+const showBytes = args.includes("-c");
+
+// get files (remove flags)
+const files = args.filter((arg) => !arg.startsWith("-"));
+
+// helper functions
+function countLines(text) {
+  return text.split("\n").length - 1;
+}
+
+function countWords(text) {
+  return text.trim().split(/\s+/).filter(Boolean).length;
+}
+
+function countBytes(text) {
+  return Buffer.byteLength(text, "utf8");
+}
+
+// loop through files
+for (let i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+  const file = files[i];
+
+  try {
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(file, "utf8");
+
+    const lines = countLines(content);
+    const words = countWords(content);
+    const bytes = countBytes(content);
+
+    let output = "";
+
+    // if no flag → show all
+    if (!showLines && !showWords && !showBytes) {
+      output = `${lines} ${words} ${bytes} ${file}`;
+    } else {
+      if (showLines) output += `${lines} `;
+      if (showWords) output += `${words} `;
+      if (showBytes) output += `${bytes} `;
+      output += file;
+    }
+
+    console.log(output.trim());
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error(`wc: cannot open ${file}`);
+  }
+}