diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.py b/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.py
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+++ b/implement-shell-tools/cat/cat.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+import glob
+
+def cat(files, number_all=False, number_nonblank=False):
+    line_num = 1
+    for filename in files:
+        try:
+            with open(filename, "r") as f:
+                for line in f:
+                    stripped = line.rstrip("\n")
+
+                    if number_all:
+                        print(f"{line_num:6}\t{stripped}")
+                        line_num += 1
+                    elif number_nonblank:
+                        if stripped:
+                            print(f"{line_num:6}\t{stripped}")
+                            line_num += 1
+                        else:
+                            print()
+                    else:
+                        print(stripped)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            print(f"cat: {filename}: No such file or directory", file=sys.stderr)
+
+def main():
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    number_all = "-n" in args
+    number_nonblank = "-b" in args
+
+    # Remove flags from args
+    files = [arg for arg in args if arg not in ("-n", "-b")]
+
+    # Expand globs like *.txt
+    expanded_files = []
+    for file in files:
+        expanded_files.extend(glob.glob(file))
+
+    if not expanded_files:
+        print("cat: missing file operand", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    cat(expanded_files, number_all=number_all, number_nonblank=number_nonblank)
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.py b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.py
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+++ b/implement-shell-tools/ls/ls.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+import os
+
+def list_dir(path=".", show_all=False):
+    try:
+        entries = os.listdir(path)
+        if not show_all:
+            entries = [e for e in entries if not e.startswith(".")]
+        return sorted(entries)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print(f"ls: cannot access '{path}': No such file or directory", file=sys.stderr)
+        return []
+    except NotADirectoryError:
+        # If it's a file, just return it
+        return [path]
+
+def main():
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    # Flags
+    show_one_per_line = "-1" in args
+    show_all = "-a" in args
+
+    # Remove flags from args
+    paths = [arg for arg in args if arg not in ("-1", "-a")]
+
+    if not paths:
+        paths = ["."]  # default to current directory
+
+    for i, path in enumerate(paths):
+        entries = list_dir(path, show_all=show_all)
+
+        if len(paths) > 1:
+            print(f"{path}:")
+
+        for entry in entries:
+            if show_one_per_line:
+                print(entry)
+            else:
+                print(entry, end="  ")
+        if not show_one_per_line:
+            print()  # newline after the row
+
+        if i < len(paths) - 1:
+            print()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py
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+++ b/implement-shell-tools/wc/wc.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys
+import glob
+import os
+
+def count_file(filename, count_lines, count_words, count_bytes):
+    try:
+        with open(filename, "rb") as f:  # open in binary to count bytes correctly
+            data = f.read()
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print(f"wc: {filename}: No such file or directory", file=sys.stderr)
+        return None
+
+    text = data.decode(errors="ignore")
+    lines = text.splitlines()
+
+    l = len(lines)
+    w = len(text.split())
+    c = len(data)
+
+    results = []
+    if count_lines:
+        results.append(str(l))
+    if count_words:
+        results.append(str(w))
+    if count_bytes:
+        results.append(str(c))
+
+    if not (count_lines or count_words or count_bytes):
+        # default: all three
+        results = [str(l), str(w), str(c)]
+
+    return results, filename, (l, w, c)
+
+def main():
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+
+    count_lines = "-l" in args
+    count_words = "-w" in args
+    count_bytes = "-c" in args
+
+    # remove flags from args
+    files = [arg for arg in args if arg not in ("-l", "-w", "-c")]
+
+    if not files:
+        print("wc: missing file operand", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    expanded_files = []
+    for f in files:
+        expanded_files.extend(glob.glob(f))
+
+    if not expanded_files:
+        print("wc: no matching files", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    total_l, total_w, total_c = 0, 0, 0
+
+    for filename in expanded_files:
+        result = count_file(filename, count_lines, count_words, count_bytes)
+        if result:
+            res, name, (l, w, c) = result
+            print(f"{' '.join(res)} {name}")
+            total_l += l
+            total_w += w
+            total_c += c
+
+    if len(expanded_files) > 1:
+        total_results = []
+        if count_lines:
+            total_results.append(str(total_l))
+        if count_words:
+            total_results.append(str(total_w))
+        if count_bytes:
+            total_results.append(str(total_c))
+        if not (count_lines or count_words or count_bytes):
+            total_results = [str(total_l), str(total_w), str(total_c)]
+        print(f"{' '.join(total_results)} total")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()