diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3c3629e6..3e5a9836 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 node_modules
+**/.venv
+
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.py b/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59087bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import argparse
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="py-cat",
+    description="A Python implementation of the Unix cat command",
+)
+
+parser.add_argument("-n", "--number", action="store_true", help="Number all output lines")
+parser.add_argument("-b", "--numberNonBlank", action="store_true", help="Numbers only non-empty lines. Overrides -n option")
+parser.add_argument("path", nargs="+", help="The file path to process")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+def number_all(lines):
+    numbered = []
+    for i, line in enumerate(lines):
+        numbered.append(f"{i + 1:>6}\t{line}")
+    return numbered
+
+def number_non_blank(lines):
+    numbered = []
+    counter = 1
+    for line in lines:
+        if line == "":
+            numbered.append(line)
+        else: 
+            numbered.append(f"{counter:>6}\t{line}")
+            counter += 1
+    return numbered
+
+# Read and concatenate file contents
+content = ""
+
+for path in args.path:
+    with open(path, "r") as f:
+        content += f.read()
+
+if content.endswith("\n"):
+    content = content[:-1]
+
+# Split content into lines
+lines = content.split("\n")
+
+# Output logic
+
+if args.numberNonBlank:
+    print("\n".join(number_non_blank(lines)))
+elif args.number:
+    print("\n".join(number_all(lines)))
+else:
+    print("\n".join(lines))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.py b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f8e0f910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import argparse
+import os
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="py-ls",
+    description="A Python implementation of the Unix ls command",
+)
+
+parser.add_argument("-1", dest="_1", action="store_true", help="List one file per line")
+parser.add_argument("-a", "--all", action="store_true", help="Include entries that begin with a dot (.)")
+parser.add_argument("path", nargs="?", default=".", help="Directory to list")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+files = os.listdir(args.path)
+
+if args.all:
+    files = [".", ".."] + files
+else:
+    files = [file for file in files if not file.startswith(".")]
+
+if args._1:
+    print("\n".join(files))
+else:
+    print("  ".join(files))
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..063978aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+import argparse
+import os
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+    prog="py-wc",
+    description="A Python implementation of the Unix wc command",
+)
+
+parser.add_argument("-l", "--lines", action="store_true", help="Print the newline counts")
+parser.add_argument("-w", "--words", action="store_true", help="Print the word counts")
+parser.add_argument("-c", "--bytes", action="store_true", help="Print the byte counts")
+parser.add_argument("path", nargs="+", help="The file path to process")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+file_paths = args.path
+lines_flag, words_flag, bytes_flag = args.lines, args.words, args.bytes
+
+def format_output(details_list, totals=None, flags=None):
+    lines_flag, words_flag, bytes_flag = flags
+    show_all = not (lines_flag or words_flag or bytes_flag)
+    output_lines = []
+
+    # Per-file output
+    for d in details_list:
+        line = ""
+
+        if show_all or lines_flag:
+            line += f"{d['line_count']:>3} "
+
+        if show_all or words_flag:
+            line += f"{d['word_count']:>3} "
+
+        if show_all or bytes_flag:
+            line += f"{d['file_size']:>3} "
+
+        line += d["file_path"]
+        output_lines.append(line)
+
+    # Totals (only if more than one file)
+    if totals and len(details_list) > 1:
+        total_line = ""
+
+        if show_all or lines_flag:
+            total_line += f"{totals['line_count']:>3} "
+
+        if show_all or words_flag:
+            total_line += f"{totals['word_count']:>3} "
+
+        if show_all or bytes_flag:
+            total_line += f"{totals['file_size']:>3} "
+
+        total_line += "total"
+        output_lines.append(total_line)
+
+    return "\n".join(output_lines)
+
+
+# Collect file details
+file_details_list = []
+line_count_total = 0
+word_count_total = 0
+file_size_total = 0
+
+for file_path in file_paths:
+    with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        content = f.read()
+
+    details = {
+        "line_count": content.count("\n"),      
+        "word_count": len(content.split()),     
+        "file_size": os.path.getsize(file_path),
+        "file_path": file_path,
+    }
+
+    line_count_total += details["line_count"]
+    word_count_total += details["word_count"]
+    file_size_total += details["file_size"]
+
+    file_details_list.append(details)
+
+totals_details = {
+    "line_count": line_count_total,
+    "word_count": word_count_total,
+    "file_size": file_size_total,
+}
+
+# Final output
+flags = (lines_flag, words_flag, bytes_flag)
+print(format_output(file_details_list, totals_details, flags))