diff --git a/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba9207f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "configurations": [
+        {
+            "name": "Linux",
+            "includePath": [
+                "${workspaceFolder}/**"
+            ],
+            "defines": [],
+            "compilerPath": "/usr/bin/gcc",
+            "cStandard": "gnu17",
+            "cppStandard": "gnu++17",
+            "intelliSenseMode": "linux-gcc-x64"
+        }
+    ],
+    "version": 4
+}
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diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fbb310
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "files.associations": {
+    "readline.h": "c"
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e69de29..524095d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+CC = gcc
+
+# shell headers, code, and targets
+INC=src/include
+CPPFLAGS=src/lib
+OBJDIR=build/dist
+
+# commands code and libs
+CMDIR=src/code
+BINDIR=build/bin
+
+objects = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/, basic.o internal.o env.o shell.o)
+cmds = $(addprefix $(BINDIR)/, echo hello ls)
+
+
+CFLAGS = -I$(CPPFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS = -L$(OBJDIR) -lreadline # -Lbuild/dist
+
+shell: $(objects)
+	$(CC) $(objects) $(LDFLAGS) -o ./build/shell
+
+$(OBJDIR)/%.o: $(CPPFLAGS)/%.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -I$(INC) -c -o $@ $<
+
+$(BINDIR)/%: $(CMDIR)/%.c
+	$(CC) -o $@ $<
+
+commands: $(cmds)
+
+.PRECIOUS: %.o
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index aefc336..5b4818f 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -1,24 +1,42 @@
 # Simple shell
 
+## dependencies
+
 to install readline, feel free to edit it to use `fgets` or `scanf` refer to this [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17294809/reading-a-line-using-scanf-not-good) for reference on both. 
 
 ```bash
 sudo apt-get install libreadline6 libreadline6-dev
 ```
 
+## Features
+
+1. external commands
+  1. ls
+  2. echo
+  3. hello (deprecated, before being released 🤣🤣)
+2. internal commands
+  1. hello (yes again, this is the one that will actually run)
+  2. cd 
+  3. env 
+  4. set 
+
+## Make from source
+
 to compile the code
+
 ```bash
 mkdir build
 mkdir build/bin
-gcc shell.c -lreadline -o ./build/shell
-gcc ./lib/echo.c -o ./build/bin/echo
+make shell
+make commands
 ```
 
-to run the command
+## Run
 
 ```bash
-cd build
-./shell
+./build/shell
 ```
 
-You need to change into the build directory for the path to take actual effect
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+## Notes
+
+This code is developed to simulate how I expect an actual shell works. any resmeblance between this and reality is mere coincidence. 
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diff --git a/lib/cd.c b/lib/cd.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/lib/ls.c b/lib/ls.c
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/lib/cat.c b/src/code/cat.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/cat.c
rename to src/code/cat.c
diff --git a/lib/echo.c b/src/code/echo.c
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/echo.c
rename to src/code/echo.c
diff --git a/src/code/hello.c b/src/code/hello.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e61eaf2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/code/hello.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int main() {
+  printf("Hello world");
+  return 0;
+}
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diff --git a/src/code/ls.c b/src/code/ls.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6d27f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/code/ls.c
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <dirent.h>
+
+int main(int argc, char* argv[])
+{
+    DIR *mydir;
+    struct dirent *myfile;
+    struct stat mystat;
+    char buf[512];
+    
+    char* path;
+    if (argc >= 2) path = argv[1];
+    else path = ".";
+    mydir = opendir(path);
+
+    while((myfile = readdir(mydir)) != NULL)
+    {
+        sprintf(buf, "%s/%s", path, myfile->d_name);
+        stat(buf, &mystat);
+        printf("%zu\t%s\n",mystat.st_size, myfile->d_name);
+    }
+    closedir(mydir);
+}
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diff --git a/src/include/basic.h b/src/include/basic.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eff4637
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/basic.h
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef BASIC_H
+#define BASIC_H
+
+int parse_command(char* in, char** argv);
+int run_command(char** args);
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/src/include/env.h b/src/include/env.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0498b9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/env.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#ifndef ENV_H
+#define ENV_H
+
+void init_env();
+
+char* get_env_variable(char* );
+
+int set_env_variable(char* , char *);
+
+void disp_env();
+
+char* find_command(char* command);
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/src/include/internal.h b/src/include/internal.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..870960a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/include/internal.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef INTERNAL_H
+#define INTERNAL_H
+
+int is_internal(char* );
+
+int run_internal_command(int , int , char** );
+
+#endif
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diff --git a/shell.c b/src/lib/basic.c
similarity index 54%
rename from shell.c
rename to src/lib/basic.c
index a84db5c..6cffe27 100644
--- a/shell.c
+++ b/src/lib/basic.c
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <readline/readline.h>
-#include <readline/history.h>
-
-#define BIN_PATH "./bin/"
 
 int parse_command(char* in, char** argv) {
   int argc = 0, reader_idx = 0, writer_idx, len = strlen(in);
@@ -32,21 +28,11 @@ int parse_command(char* in, char** argv) {
     // skip trailing spaces
     while(in[reader_idx] == ' ') ++reader_idx; // skip spaces
   }
+  argv[argc] = NULL;
 
   return argc;
 }
 
-char* find_command(char* command) {
-  char* isPath = strchr(command, '/');
-  char* path;
-  if (isPath == NULL) {
-    path = strcat(strdup(BIN_PATH), command);
-  } else {
-    path = command;
-  }
-  return path;
-}
-
 int run_command(char** args) {
   int rc = fork();
   if (rc == 0) {
@@ -54,18 +40,3 @@ int run_command(char** args) {
   }
   wait(NULL);
 }
-
-int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-  while (1) {
-    char* in = readline(">$ ");
-    char** command = (char**) malloc(100 * sizeof(char*));
-    int args_count = parse_command(in, command);
-    printf("Command recieved: %s, with %d args\n", command[0], args_count - 1);
-    int i = 0;
-    for (; i < args_count;i++) printf("argument %d: %s\n", i, command[i]);
-    char* command_path = find_command(command[0]);
-    command[0] = command_path;
-    run_command(command);
-  }
-  return 0;
-}
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diff --git a/src/lib/env.c b/src/lib/env.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6988f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/env.c
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "env.h"
+
+#define PATH "/home/aim97/os/MyShell/build/bin/"
+
+struct Env_variable {
+  char* name;
+  char* value;
+};
+
+static int variables_count = 0;
+static struct Env_variable* env_variables[100];
+
+static void add_entry (char* name, char* value) {
+  env_variables[variables_count] = malloc(sizeof (struct Env_variable));
+  env_variables[variables_count]->name = name;
+  env_variables[variables_count]->value = value;
+  variables_count++;
+}
+
+void init_env() {
+  add_entry("PATH", PATH);
+}
+
+char* get_env_variable(char* name) {
+  int i = 0;
+  for(;i < variables_count;i++) {
+    if (!strcmp(env_variables[i]->name, name)) {
+      return env_variables[i]->value;
+    }
+  }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+int set_env_variable(char* name, char* value) {
+  int i = 0;
+  for(;i < variables_count;i++) {
+    if (!strcmp(env_variables[i]->name, name)) {
+      free(env_variables[i]->value);
+      env_variables[i]->value = value;
+      return 0;
+    }
+  }
+  add_entry(name, value);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+void disp_env() {
+  int i = 0;
+  for(;i < variables_count;i++) {
+    printf("%s %s\n",env_variables[i]->name, env_variables[i]->value);
+  }
+}
+
+char* find_command(char* command) {
+  char* isPath = strchr(command, '/');
+  char* path;
+  if (isPath == NULL) {
+    path = strcat(strdup(PATH), command);
+  } else {
+    path = command;
+  }
+  return path;
+}
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diff --git a/src/lib/internal.c b/src/lib/internal.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f7b41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/internal.c
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "internal.h"
+#include "env.h"
+
+#define INTERNAL_COMMANDS_COUNT 4
+
+struct Internal_command {
+  char* name;
+  int (*exec)(int argc, char* args[]);
+};
+
+static int get_cwd() {
+  char* v = (char*) malloc(sizeof (char)*1000);
+  char* ret = getcwd(v, 1000);
+  if (ret != NULL) {
+    printf("CWD: %s\n", v);
+    free(v);
+    return 0;
+  }
+  free(v);
+  return 1;
+}
+
+static int cd(int argc, char** args) {
+  if (argc == 0) {
+    return get_cwd();
+  }
+  return chdir(args[0]);
+}
+
+static int hello (int argc, char** args) {
+  printf("hello again\n");
+  return 0;
+}
+
+
+int env(int argc, char** args) {
+  disp_env();
+  return 0;
+}
+
+int set(int argc, char** args) {
+  if (argc < 2) {
+    return 1;
+  }
+  set_env_variable(args[0], args[1]);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+static struct Internal_command internal_commands[] = {
+  { "env", &env },
+  { "cd", &cd },
+  { "set", &set },
+  { "hello", &hello }
+};
+
+int is_internal(char* command) {
+  int i = 0,idx = -1;
+  for (;i < INTERNAL_COMMANDS_COUNT;i++) {
+    int ret = strcmp(internal_commands[i].name, command);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+      idx = i;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return idx;
+}
+
+int run_internal_command(int code, int argc, char** argv) {
+  return internal_commands[code].exec(argc, argv);
+}
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diff --git a/src/lib/shell.c b/src/lib/shell.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8a9f04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/shell.c
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <readline/readline.h>
+#include <readline/history.h>
+
+#include "basic.h"
+#include "env.h"
+#include "internal.h"
+
+char prompt[1000];
+char cur_path[1000];
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  char** command = (char**) malloc(100 * sizeof(char*));
+
+  init_env();
+  
+  while (1) {
+    sprintf(prompt, "%s >$ ", getcwd(cur_path, 1000));
+    char* in = readline(prompt);
+    int args_count = parse_command(in, command);
+    if (!args_count) continue;
+
+    // printf("Command recieved: %s, with %d args\n", command[0], args_count - 1);
+    // for (; i < args_count;i++) printf("argument %d: %s\n", i, command[i]);
+
+    int internal_code = is_internal(command[0]);
+    
+    if (internal_code == -1) {
+      char* command_path = find_command(command[0]);
+      command[0] = command_path;
+      // printf("Command path %s\n", command_path);
+      run_command(command);
+    } else {
+      // printf("Internal command %s recieved, code %d\n", command[0], internal_code);
+      run_internal_command(internal_code, args_count - 1, (char**)&command[1]);
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
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