diff --git a/src/commands/examples/add.ts b/src/commands/examples/add.ts
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--- a/src/commands/examples/add.ts
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-import commander from "commander";
-import { logger } from "../../logger";
-
-/**
- * A simple add command which will take in two numbers <a> and <b> and log the
- * sum of the two
- * @param command Commander object
- */
-export const addCommand = (command: commander.Command): void => {
-  command
-    .command("add <a> <b>")
-    .description("Add two numbers <a> and <b> together")
-    .option("-r, --radix <radix>")
-    .action((a, b, { radix = 10 }) => {
-      try {
-        const [aNum, bNum] = [a, b].map(num => parseInt(num, radix));
-        logger.info(`${a} + ${b} equals ${aNum + bNum}`);
-      } catch (err) {
-        logger.error(err);
-      }
-    });
-};
diff --git a/src/commands/examples/shell.ts b/src/commands/examples/shell.ts
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--- a/src/commands/examples/shell.ts
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-import commander from "commander";
-import fs from "fs";
-import shell from "shelljs";
-import { logger } from "../../logger";
-
-/**
- * A simple Commander decorator which adds a `shell` command to run any `<cmd>`
- * on the host with the provided `[args...]`
- * @param command Commander object
- */
-export const shellCommand = (command: commander.Command): void => {
-  command
-    // Arrow brackets denote a required positional argument
-    // Square brackets denote optional arguments
-    // The last parameter can be variadic; denoted with trailing `...`
-    .command("shell <cmd> [args...]") // Commander will automatically parse this string and populate the args in the .action() below
-    .alias("sh") // Can give a short hand to the command
-    .description(
-      "Shell out to the host and run command <cmd> with args [args...]"
-    )
-    .option("-s, --silent", "Run silently; will not echo stdout/stderr") // option will be bound as a key (the full long form, in this case 'silent') to the last arg of .action()
-    .option(
-      "-o, --output <out file>",
-      "Output the contents of stdout to out_file"
-    ) // If the flag is followed by a variable in arrow brackets, the flag is a parsed as a value (instead of a default boolean). In this case the value will be bound to 'output'
-    // Arguments are fed into .action in the order defined by the closest parent .command
-    // First will be the required <cmd> (arrow brackets denote required)
-    // Second will be the an variadic array of [args...] (square brackets denote optional, so it may be undefined)
-    // The last will always be the command object itself; you get any of the .option applied to the command from it
-    .action((cmd, args, opts) => {
-      const { silent = false, output } = opts;
-      const shellCmd = `${cmd} ${args.join(" ")}`;
-      shell.exec(shellCmd, { silent: !!silent }, (code, stdout, stderr) => {
-        logger.info("Exit code:", code);
-        logger.info(stdout);
-        if (output) {
-          fs.writeFileSync(output, stdout, { encoding: "utf8" });
-        }
-        if (stderr) {
-          logger.error(stderr);
-        }
-      });
-    });
-};