diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/cat/README.md b/implement-shell-tools/cat/README.md
index 7284a5e67..71a08ca9b 100644
--- a/implement-shell-tools/cat/README.md
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/cat/README.md
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Your task is to implement your own version of `cat`.
 
 It must act the same as `cat` would, if run from the directory containing this README.md file, for the following command lines:
 
-* `cat sample-files/1.txt`
-* `cat -n sample-files/1.txt`
-* `cat sample-files/*.txt`
-* `cat -n sample-files/*.txt`
-* `cat -b sample-files/3.txt`
+- `cat sample-files/1.txt`
+- `cat -n sample-files/1.txt`
+- `cat sample-files/*.txt`
+- `cat -n sample-files/*.txt`
+- `cat -b sample-files/3.txt`
 
 Matching any additional behaviours or flags are optional stretch goals.
 
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.js b/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..085ab3a6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import process from "node:process";
+import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
+import { program } from "commander";
+
+program
+  .option("-n, --number", "number all output lines")
+  .option("-b, --number-nonblank", "number only non-empty lines")
+  .arguments("<files...>")
+  .parse();
+
+const cliOptions = program.opts();
+const filePathsToRead = program.args;
+
+async function readAndOutputFiles() {
+  try {
+    const fileContents = await Promise.all(
+      filePathsToRead.map((filePath) => fs.readFile(filePath, "utf-8")),
+    );
+    const concatenatedContent = fileContents.join("");
+
+    if (cliOptions.number) {
+      // apply -n logic: number all lines
+      const contentLines = concatenatedContent.split("\n");
+      const numberedOutput = contentLines
+        .map((line, index) => {
+          return `${String(index + 1).padStart(6)} ${line}`;
+        })
+        .join("\n");
+      process.stdout.write(numberedOutput);
+    } else if (cliOptions.numberNonblank) {
+      // apply -b logic: number only non-empty lines
+      const contentLines = concatenatedContent.split("\n");
+      let nonblankLineNumber = 0;
+      const numberedOutput = contentLines
+        .map((line) => {
+          if (line.trim() === "") {
+            return line;
+          }
+          nonblankLineNumber++;
+          return `${String(nonblankLineNumber).padStart(6)} ${line}`;
+        })
+        .join("\n");
+      process.stdout.write(numberedOutput);
+    } else {
+      process.stdout.write(concatenatedContent);
+    }
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("Error reading multiple files:", err);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  }
+}
+
+readAndOutputFiles();
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/ls/README.md b/implement-shell-tools/ls/README.md
index edbfb811a..d6355d0e5 100644
--- a/implement-shell-tools/ls/README.md
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/ls/README.md
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Your task is to implement your own version of `ls`.
 
 It must act the same as `ls` would, if run from the directory containing this README.md file, for the following command lines:
 
-* `ls -1`
-* `ls -1 sample-files`
-* `ls -1 -a sample-files`
+- `ls -1`
+- `ls -1 sample-files`
+- `ls -1 -a sample-files`
 
 Matching any additional behaviours or flags are optional stretch goals.
 
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.js b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4af28962e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.js
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import process from "node:process";
+import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
+import { program } from "commander";
+
+program
+  .option("-1, --one-per-line", "list one file per line")
+  .option("-a, --all", "do not ignore entries starting with .")
+  .parse();
+
+const cliOptions = program.opts();
+const cliArguments = program.args;
+
+async function runLsCommand() {
+  try {
+    // determine directory path (use current directory when none provided)
+    let directoryPath;
+    if (cliArguments.length === 0) {
+      directoryPath = ".";
+    } else {
+      directoryPath = cliArguments[0];
+    }
+
+    // read directory entries
+    const directoryEntries = await fs.readdir(directoryPath);
+
+    // filter out dotfiles unless --all was provided
+    const visibleEntries = [];
+    if (cliOptions.all) {
+      for (const name of directoryEntries) {
+        visibleEntries.push(name);
+      }
+    } else {
+      for (const name of directoryEntries) {
+        if (!name.startsWith(".")) {
+          visibleEntries.push(name);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    // build output
+    let outputString = "";
+    if (cliOptions.onePerLine) {
+      for (const name of visibleEntries) {
+        outputString += name + "\n";
+      }
+      // if there are no entries, outputString stays empty
+    } else {
+      for (let i = 0; i < visibleEntries.length; i++) {
+        if (i > 0) {
+          outputString += "  ";
+        }
+        outputString += visibleEntries[i];
+      }
+      if (outputString !== "") {
+        outputString += "\n";
+      }
+    }
+
+    process.stdout.write(outputString);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.error("Error reading directory:", err);
+    process.exitCode = 1;
+  }
+}
+
+runLsCommand();
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/package-lock.json b/implement-shell-tools/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f0c81cdf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+    "name": "implement-shell-tools",
+    "lockfileVersion": 3,
+    "requires": true,
+    "packages": {
+        "": {
+            "dependencies": {
+                "commander": "^14.0.3"
+            }
+        },
+        "node_modules/commander": {
+            "version": "14.0.3",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-14.0.3.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-H+y0Jo/T1RZ9qPP4Eh1pkcQcLRglraJaSLoyOtHxu6AapkjWVCy2Sit1QQ4x3Dng8qDlSsZEet7g5Pq06MvTgw==",
+            "license": "MIT",
+            "engines": {
+                "node": ">=20"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/package.json b/implement-shell-tools/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8abbc98c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "type": "module",
+    "dependencies": {
+        "commander": "^14.0.3"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/wc/README.md b/implement-shell-tools/wc/README.md
index bd76b655a..c4b76b643 100644
--- a/implement-shell-tools/wc/README.md
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/wc/README.md
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ Your task is to implement your own version of `wc`.
 
 It must act the same as `wc` would, if run from the directory containing this README.md file, for the following command lines:
 
-* `wc sample-files/*`
-* `wc -l sample-files/3.txt`
-* `wc -w sample-files/3.txt`
-* `wc -c sample-files/3.txt`
-* `wc -l sample-files/*`
+- `wc sample-files/*`
+- `wc -l sample-files/3.txt`
+- `wc -w sample-files/3.txt`
+- `wc -c sample-files/3.txt`
+- `wc -l sample-files/*`
 
 Matching any additional behaviours or flags are optional stretch goals.
 
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.js b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6774e5f38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import process from "node:process";
+import { promises as fs } from "node:fs";
+import { Command } from "commander";
+
+const program = new Command();
+
+program
+  .name("wc")
+  .description("A simple node implementation of the word count utility")
+  .argument("[files...]", "Files to process")
+  .option("-l, --lines", "print the newline counts")
+  .option("-w, --words", "print the word counts")
+  .option("-c, --bytes", "print the byte counts")
+  .action(async (filePaths, options) => {
+    const noFlagsProvided = !options.lines && !options.words && !options.bytes;
+    const shouldShowAllStats = noFlagsProvided;
+
+    const allFileStats = [];
+
+    for (const filePath of filePaths) {
+      try {
+        const fileStats = await calculateFileStats(filePath);
+        allFileStats.push(fileStats);
+        printFormattedReport(fileStats, options, shouldShowAllStats);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(`wc: ${filePath}: No such file or directory`);
+        process.exitCode = 1;
+      }
+    }
+
+    if (allFileStats.length > 1) {
+      const grandTotals = {
+        lineCount: allFileStats.reduce((sum, stat) => sum + stat.lineCount, 0),
+        wordCount: allFileStats.reduce((sum, stat) => sum + stat.wordCount, 0),
+        byteCount: allFileStats.reduce((sum, stat) => sum + stat.byteCount, 0),
+        displayName: "total"
+      };
+      printFormattedReport(grandTotals, options, shouldShowAllStats);
+    }
+  });
+
+async function calculateFileStats(filePath) {
+  const fileBuffer = await fs.readFile(filePath);
+  const fileContent = fileBuffer.toString();
+
+  const lines = fileContent.split("\n").length - 1;
+  const words = fileContent.split(/\s+/).filter(word => word.length > 0).length;
+  const bytes = fileBuffer.length;
+
+  return {
+    lineCount: lines,
+    wordCount: words,
+    byteCount: bytes,
+    displayName: filePath
+  };
+}
+
+function printFormattedReport(stats, options, shouldShowAllStats) {
+  const outputColumns = [];
+  const formatColumn = (count) => String(count).padStart(4);
+
+  if (shouldShowAllStats || options.lines) outputColumns.push(formatColumn(stats.lineCount));
+  if (shouldShowAllStats || options.words) outputColumns.push(formatColumn(stats.wordCount));
+  if (shouldShowAllStats || options.bytes) outputColumns.push(formatColumn(stats.byteCount));
+
+  console.log(`${outputColumns.join("")} ${stats.displayName}`);
+}
+
+program.parse(process.argv);
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