diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fca309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#ignore a test version of the cat.java file
+cat2.java 
diff --git a/GdBShell.java b/GdBShell.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd3e22c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/GdBShell.java
@@ -0,0 +1,596 @@
+import static cTools.KernelWrapper.*;	//imports a Java Wrapper for C kernel functions, needs the sourced source_me
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.lang.*;
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+//TODO: switch case for printcolor
+
+
+//TODO: implement auto source?
+
+public class main{
+
+	public static void main(String[] args){
+	
+
+	System.out.println("Welcome!");
+	String shellPrefix = "EN@GdBShell:";//print actual user instead of EN??
+	int runningInt = 0;
+	Scanner scn = new Scanner(System.in);	
+		while (true){
+			
+			parseInput(getInput(runningInt,shellPrefix, scn)); 
+			runningInt++;
+			}
+	
+
+	}
+
+	static String[] getInput(int runningInt, String shellPrefix, Scanner scn){
+		
+		
+		String directoryPath = System.getProperty("user.dir");
+		String[] directoryArray = directoryPath.split("/");
+		StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer("~");
+		
+
+		//gets rid of the home/user directory and builds a string 
+		for (int i=3;(i<directoryArray.length);i++){
+			buffer.append("/");
+			buffer.append(directoryArray[i]);
+		}
+		System.out.print("("+runningInt+")");
+		printColor(shellPrefix,"purple",false);
+		printColor(buffer.toString()+"$ ","cyan",false);
+		
+		String input= scn.nextLine();//get input
+
+		String[] inputArray = input.split(" ");
+		
+		//get rid of spaces and tabs
+		int countInputs = 0;
+		int[] countArray = new int[inputArray.length];
+		//count all inputs that actually contain something and put them in a new array in the second for loop
+		for (int i =0;i< inputArray.length;i++){
+			if (inputArray[i].equals(" ")||inputArray[i].equals("	")||inputArray[i].equals("")){
+				;
+			}
+			else{
+				countArray[countInputs]=i;
+				countInputs++;
+			}
+		}
+		//System.out.println(Arrays.toString(countArray));
+		String[] returnArray = new String[countInputs];
+		for (int i=0; i<countInputs;i++){
+			returnArray[i]= inputArray[(countArray[i])];
+			}
+
+		return returnArray;
+		//return replaceCat(returnArray);
+	}
+
+	static void parseInput(String[] inputArray){
+
+		//System.out.println(inputArray.length + Arrays.toString(inputArray));
+		//check for empty inputs
+		if (inputArray.length<=1){
+			if(inputArray.length==0){return;}
+			if(inputArray[0].equals(" ")){return;}
+			if(inputArray[0].equals("	")){return;}
+
+		}
+
+		//implements the exit terminal function
+		if (inputArray[0].equals("exit")){
+			if (inputArray.length==1){
+				printColor("Session ended by user","red",true);
+				System.exit(0);
+			}
+			else{
+				printColor( "\"exit\" doesn't take parameters. It will end this current shell. Did you try to find a different executable?","red",true);
+				return;
+			}
+			
+		}
+
+
+
+		//find concats with && in input and execute only if previous command was successful
+		ArrayList<Integer> concatPosition = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+		//save the positions of concats
+		for (int i=0; i<inputArray.length;i++){
+			if(inputArray[i].equals("&&")){
+				concatPosition.add(i);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/*
+		//for testing***************, prints the positions of the concats
+		for (int i=0;i<concatPosition.size();i++){
+			printColor(Integer.toString(concatPosition.get(i))+" ","yellow",false);
+		}
+
+		//**************************
+		*/
+
+		//if there are any concats
+		if(concatPosition.size()>0){
+			
+			//split the inputArray into singular commands that were separated by &&
+				
+			ArrayList<ArrayList<String>> commandsList = new ArrayList<ArrayList<String>>();
+			for (int i=0;i<concatPosition.size()+1;i++){
+				commandsList.add( new ArrayList<String>());
+			}
+			//upper Arraylist used with fixed size, doesnt throw warning like using an array would
+			//because one concat splits the input into two parts --->+1
+			
+			//iterate over every command except last, because no concat comes after the last one
+			int prevConcatPos=0;
+			for (int i=0;i<concatPosition.size();i++){
+				
+				for(int j=prevConcatPos;j<concatPosition.get(i);j++){
+					(commandsList.get(i)).add(inputArray[j]);
+				}
+				prevConcatPos=concatPosition.get(i)+1;
+			}
+			//add last command
+			for (int i=concatPosition.get(concatPosition.size()-1)+1;i<inputArray.length;i++){
+				(commandsList.get(commandsList.size()-1)).add(inputArray[i]);
+			}
+
+			//execute commands in commandsList if previous command was successful, ie terminated with code 0
+			int returnValue = 0;
+			for(int i=0;i<commandsList.size();i++){
+				//if previous command successful
+				if (returnValue==0){
+					
+					//build array from arraylist that contains command
+					String[] command = new String[commandsList.get(i).size()];
+					for (int j=0;j<command.length;j++){
+						command[j]= commandsList.get(i).get(j);
+					}
+
+					//execute command and save return value
+					returnValue = parseRedirect(command);
+				}
+
+				//if it wasnt successful
+				else{
+					//build command as string that wasnt succcessful
+					int failedCommandNumber = i-1;
+					StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+					for (int j=0;j<commandsList.get(failedCommandNumber).size();j++){
+						buffer.append(commandsList.get(failedCommandNumber).get(j));
+					}
+					
+					
+					printColor("Stopped concatenation at command number "+ failedCommandNumber +" \""+buffer.toString()+"\"","red",true);
+
+					if(returnValue==Integer.MIN_VALUE){
+						printColor("Couldn't find executable assigned to \""+ commandsList.get(failedCommandNumber).get(0)+"\"","red",true);
+					}
+					else{
+						printColor("Exited with error code "+returnValue,"red",true);
+					}
+					break;
+				}
+
+
+
+			}
+		}
+
+
+		// if its only one command without concats
+		else{
+			int returnValue = parseRedirect(inputArray);
+			if (returnValue==0){
+				printColor("Process exited without error","green",true);
+			}
+			else{
+				if(returnValue == Integer.MIN_VALUE){
+					printColor("Couldn't find executable assigned to \""+ inputArray[0]+"\"","red",true);
+				}
+				else{
+					printColor("Process exited with code "+ returnValue,"red",true);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return;//TODO: clean up error messages
+	}
+
+	static int parseRedirect(String[] inputArray){//should take pipe and read/write,, add >> for append?
+		//find last occurrences of < and >
+		int redirectInPos = -1;
+		int redirectOutPos = -1;
+		boolean setFirstBool = true;
+		int firstPos = inputArray.length;
+		for(int i=0;i< inputArray.length;i++){
+			if(inputArray[i].equals("<")){
+				redirectInPos = i;
+				if(setFirstBool){
+					firstPos=i;
+					setFirstBool = false;
+				}
+			}
+			if(inputArray[i].equals(">")){
+				redirectOutPos = i;
+				if(setFirstBool){
+					firstPos=i;
+					setFirstBool = false;
+				}
+			}
+			/*if(inputArray[i].equals(">>")){
+				appendOutPos = i;
+			}*/
+		}
+
+	
+		
+		int fd_in=-1;
+		if(redirectInPos!=-1){
+			if(checkls(inputArray[redirectInPos+1])){
+				fd_in = open(inputArray[redirectInPos+1],O_RDONLY);
+			}
+			else{return -10;}//throw error because invalid input file
+		}
+
+		int fd_out=-1;
+		if(redirectOutPos!=-1){
+			fd_out = open(inputArray[redirectOutPos+1],O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC);//create file if non existent, overwrite if it is
+		}
+		
+		String[] commands = new String[firstPos];
+		for (int i=0;i< commands.length;i++){
+			commands[i]=inputArray[i];
+		}
+		int returnValue=  parsePipe(commands,fd_in,fd_out);
+		if(fd_in!=-1){
+			close(fd_in);
+		}
+		if(fd_out!= -1){
+			close(fd_out);
+		}
+		return returnValue;
+
+	}
+
+	static int parsePipe(String[] inputArray,int fd_in, int fd_out){
+		int returnValue = -5;
+		ArrayList<Integer> pipePos = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+		int count =0;
+		for (int i =0;i< inputArray.length; i++){
+			if (inputArray[i].equals("|")){
+				pipePos.add(count);
+				count=0;
+
+			}
+			else{count++;}
+		}
+		pipePos.add(count);
+		
+		//populate array of commands separated by |
+		String[][] commands = new String[pipePos.size()][];
+		int prevPipePos = 0;
+		for (int i=0;i< pipePos.size();i++){
+			commands[i] = new String[pipePos.get(i)];
+			for (int j=0;j<commands[i].length;j++){
+				commands[i][j]=inputArray[j+prevPipePos];
+			}
+			prevPipePos = prevPipePos + pipePos.get(i)+1;
+		}
+		
+		//execute commands
+		//first command gets stdin
+		int lastIn = -1;
+		int[] pipefd = new int[2];
+		if(commands.length>1){
+			pipe(pipefd);
+			returnValue=  execute(commands[0],fd_in,pipefd[1]);
+			for(int i=1;i<commands.length-1;i++){
+				returnValue = execute(commands[i],pipefd[0],pipefd[1]);
+
+			}
+			lastIn = pipefd[0];
+			System.err.println("here");
+		}
+		else{
+			lastIn = fd_in;
+		}
+		// execute last (or only) command
+		returnValue = execute(commands[commands.length-1],lastIn,fd_out);
+		
+
+
+		
+		return returnValue;
+	}
+
+	
+
+	
+	
+	static int execute(String[] inputArray,int fd_in, int fd_out){//0 for read, 1 for write
+		int[] intArray = new int[]{Integer.MIN_VALUE};//to pass to the waitpid function
+		//split the Array into path and arguments
+		
+		//tries to find the executable at first position of input
+		String path = null;
+		if (inputArray.length!=0){
+			
+			String input = inputArray[0];
+			/*
+			if (input.indexOf("/")>-1){
+				if (checkls(input)==true){
+					
+					path = input;
+				}
+			}
+			else{*/
+				path = which(input);
+			//}
+		}
+		else{return Integer.MIN_VALUE+1;}// add error in parseInput for this number
+
+		
+		
+			
+		//if path found, compile argslist and start execv	
+		if (isNumeric(path)==false){
+			printColor("Executing program at "+path,"green",true);
+			//System.out.println();
+			
+			//int[] pipeArray = new int[]{0};//sets the pip
+			int forkInt = fork();// saves the return value because every call will fork the process again
+			
+
+			
+
+			//baby process
+			if (forkInt==0){
+				//Array[0] mit rest als parameter ausführen (path, args[])
+				
+				//read from pipe or write to it
+				if(fd_in!=-1){
+					close(0);
+					dup2(fd_in,0);
+				}
+				if(fd_out!=-1){
+					close(1);
+					dup2(fd_out,1);
+				}
+
+				//execute the program
+				execv(path, inputArray);
+					printColor("execv fatal error","red",true);
+					exit(0);
+				
+				
+			}
+			
+			//papa process
+			else{
+			
+			waitpid(forkInt,intArray,0);
+			
+			//read from pipe HEEERE???
+			}
+		}
+		return intArray[0];
+	}
+
+
+	
+	public static String which(String arguments){
+		ProcessBuilder prcBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
+		prcBuilder.command("bash","-c","which "+arguments);
+		
+		
+		
+		
+		try {
+
+            Process process = prcBuilder.start();
+
+            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
+
+            
+            String line =null;
+            StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer();
+            while ((line=reader.readLine())!=null){
+            	buffer.append(line);
+            }
+            String path = buffer.toString();
+            if (path.contains("/")){
+				return path;
+			}
+            
+
+            else{
+            	int exitCode = process.waitFor();
+            	return Integer.toString(exitCode);
+            	//System.out.println("\nExited with error code : " + exitCode);
+            }
+        } 
+        catch (IOException e) {
+			printColor("err1","red",true); //e.toString();
+        } 
+        catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            printColor("err2","red",true); //e.toString();
+        }
+
+	return "t";
+	}
+
+	
+	
+
+	public static boolean checkls(String input){
+		
+		//check what ls does in this program if executed locally
+		String[] inputArray = input.split("/");
+		String checkfile = inputArray[inputArray.length-1];
+		StringBuffer buffer1 = new StringBuffer();
+		if (input.indexOf("/")==0){
+			buffer1.append("/");
+		}
+		for (int i=0;i<inputArray.length;i++){
+			buffer1.append(inputArray[i]);
+			if(i<inputArray.length-1){
+				buffer1.append("/");
+			}
+		}
+		//System.out.println(buffer1);
+
+		ProcessBuilder prcBuilder = new ProcessBuilder();
+		prcBuilder.command("bash","-c","ls "+buffer1.toString());
+		
+		
+
+		try {
+
+            Process process = prcBuilder.start();
+
+            BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(process.getInputStream()));
+
+            
+            String line =null;
+            StringBuffer buffer2 = new StringBuffer();
+            while ((line=reader.readLine())!=null){
+            	buffer2.append(line);
+            	buffer2.append(" ");
+            }
+            String path = buffer2.toString();
+            //printColor(path,"yellow",true);//for test purposes
+            if (path.contains(checkfile)){
+				return true;
+			}
+            
+
+            else{
+            	int exitCode = process.waitFor();
+            	return false;
+            	//System.out.println("\nExited with error code : " + exitCode);
+            }
+        } 
+        catch (IOException e) {
+			printColor("err1","red",true); //e.toString();
+        } 
+        catch (InterruptedException e) {
+            printColor("err2","red",true); //e.toString();
+        }
+
+	return false;
+	}
+
+	public static boolean isNumeric(String toCheck){
+		try{
+			double d = Double.parseDouble(toCheck);
+		}
+		catch(NumberFormatException nsfw){
+			return false;
+		}
+		catch(NullPointerException npe){
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+
+	}
+
+
+
+	static boolean printColor(String text, String colorvar, boolean lineBreak){// maybe rainbow??
+		//takes two Strings and one boolean that specify the text to print, the color and if there should be a linebreak (ie print or println)
+
+		String ANSI_RESET = "\u001B[0m";
+		String ANSI_BLACK = "\u001B[30m";
+		String ANSI_RED = "\u001B[31m";
+		String ANSI_YELLOW = "\u001B[33m";
+		String ANSI_BLUE = "\u001B[34m";
+		String ANSI_PURPLE = "\u001B[35m";
+		String ANSI_CYAN = "\u001B[36m";
+		String ANSI_WHITE = "\u001B[37m";
+		String ANSI_GREEN = "\u001B[32m";
+
+		boolean returnBool= true;
+		String color= colorvar.toLowerCase();
+
+		if (color.equals("white")){
+			color=ANSI_WHITE;
+		}
+		else{
+			if (color.equals("black")){
+			color=ANSI_BLACK;
+			}
+			else{
+				if (color.equals("yellow")){
+				color=ANSI_YELLOW;
+				}
+				else{
+					if (color.equals("blue")){
+					color=ANSI_BLUE;
+					}
+					else{
+						if (color.equals("purple")){
+						color=ANSI_PURPLE;
+						}
+						else{
+							if (color.equals("cyan")){
+							color=ANSI_CYAN;
+							}
+							else{
+								if (color.equals("red")){
+								color=ANSI_RED;
+								}
+								else{
+									if (color.equals("green")){
+									color=ANSI_GREEN;
+									}
+									else{
+										System.out.print(text);
+										returnBool = false;
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+		System.out.print(color+text + ANSI_RESET);
+
+		if (lineBreak){
+			System.out.println("");
+		}
+		return returnBool;
+	}
+
+	static String[] replaceCat(String[] args){//used to integrate custom cat into shell
+		if (args[0].equals("jcat")){
+			String[] changed = new String[args.length+1];
+			changed[0]= "java";
+			changed[1]= "cat.java";
+
+			for (int i=1;i<args.length;i++){//ignore the "jcat" at first pos
+				changed[i+1]=args[i];
+			}
+
+			return changed;
+		}
+		else{return args;}
+
+		
+	}
+
+
+	
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cTools/KernelWrapper.c b/cTools/KernelWrapper.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c0335c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cTools/KernelWrapper.c
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+#include <jni.h>
+#include "KernelWrapper.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h> // calloc
+#include <unistd.h> // _exit, fork, lseek, read, write, close, dup2
+#include <fcntl.h> // open
+#include <sys/types.h> // waitpid, opendir, closedir, open, lseek
+#include <sys/wait.h> // waitpid
+#include <sys/stat.h> // open
+#include <dirent.h> // opendir, readdir, closedir
+#include <errno.h>
+
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_exit(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint rc) {
+  _exit(rc);
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_fork(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz) {
+  pid_t pid;
+  if ( (pid = fork()) == -1) { perror("KernelWrapper fork"); }
+  return pid;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_waitpid(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint pid, jintArray status, jint options) {
+  int *stat = (*env)->GetIntArrayElements(env, status, 0);
+  pid_t p = waitpid(pid, stat, options);
+  if (p==-1) perror("KernelWrapper waitpid");
+  (*env)->ReleaseIntArrayElements(env, status, stat, 0);
+  return p;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_execv( JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jstring path, jobjectArray argv ) {
+  const char *c_path = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, path, 0);
+  char **c_argv = calloc(sizeof(char*), (*env)->GetArrayLength(env, argv)+2);
+  for (int i = 0; i < (*env)->GetArrayLength(env, argv); i++) 
+    c_argv[i] = (char*)(*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, (*env)->GetObjectArrayElement(env, argv, i), 0);
+  if (execv(c_path, (char *const*)c_argv) == -1) { perror("KernelWrapper execv"); return -1; }
+  fprintf(stderr, "\nHow did you get here?!?\n"); exit(1);
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jobjectArray JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_readdir(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jstring path) {
+  DIR *dp;
+  struct dirent *ep;
+  const char *c_path = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, path, 0);
+
+  if ( ! (dp = opendir(c_path)) ) { perror("KernelWrapper opendir"); return 0; }
+
+  int size = -1;
+  do {
+    size++;
+    errno = 0;
+    ep = readdir(dp);
+    if (errno) { perror("KernelWrapper readdir"); return 0; }
+  } while (ep);
+
+  rewinddir(dp);
+  jobjectArray array = (*env)->NewObjectArray(env, size, (*env)->FindClass(env, "java/lang/String"), 0);
+  for (int i = 0; ep = readdir(dp); i++)
+    (*env)->SetObjectArrayElement(env, array, i, (*env)->NewStringUTF(env, ep->d_name));
+  closedir(dp);
+
+  (*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, path, c_path);
+  return array;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_get_1current_1dir_1name(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz) {
+  char *xxx=get_current_dir_name();
+  return (*env)->NewStringUTF(env, xxx);
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_open( JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jstring path, jint flags ) {
+  const char *c_path = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, path, 0);
+  int file;
+  if ( (file = open(c_path, flags, 0666)) == -1) { perror("KernelWrapper open"); }
+  (*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, path, c_path);
+  return file;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_close( JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint fd ) {
+  int err;
+  if ( (err = close(fd)) == -1) { perror("KernelWrapper close"); }
+  return err;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_lseek( JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jint offset, jint whence ) {
+  int bytes;
+  if ( (bytes = lseek(fd, offset, whence)) == -1) { perror("KernelWrapper lseek"); exit(1); }
+  return bytes;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_read( JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jbyteArray buf, jint count ) {
+  unsigned char *c_buf = (*env)->GetByteArrayElements(env, buf, 0);
+  int bytes;
+  if ( (bytes = read(fd, c_buf, count)) == -1) { perror("KernelWrapper read"); exit(1); }
+  (*env)->ReleaseByteArrayElements(env, buf, c_buf, 0);
+  return bytes;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_readOffset( JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jbyteArray buf, jint offset, jint count ) {
+  unsigned char *c_buf = (*env)->GetByteArrayElements(env, buf, 0);
+  int bytes;
+  if ( (bytes = read(fd, c_buf+offset, count)) == -1) { perror("KernelWrapper read"); }
+  (*env)->ReleaseByteArrayElements(env, buf, c_buf, 0);
+  return bytes;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_write( JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jbyteArray buf, jint count ) {
+  unsigned char *c_buf = (*env)->GetByteArrayElements(env, buf, 0);
+  int bytes;
+  if ( (bytes = write(fd, c_buf, count)) == -1) { perror("KernelWrapper write"); }
+  if (bytes != count) { fprintf(stderr, "Could not write everything!\nThis should not happen!\n"); }
+  (*env)->ReleaseByteArrayElements(env, buf, c_buf, 0);
+  return bytes;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_writeOffset( JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint fd, jbyteArray buf, jint offset, jint count ) {
+  unsigned char *c_buf = (*env)->GetByteArrayElements(env, buf, 0);
+  int bytes;
+  if ( (bytes = write(fd, c_buf+offset, count)) == -1) { perror("KernelWrapper write"); }
+  if (bytes != count) { fprintf(stderr, "Could not write everything!\nThis should not happen!\n"); }
+  (*env)->ReleaseByteArrayElements(env, buf, c_buf, 0);
+  return bytes;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_dup2( JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jint oldfd, jint newfd ) {
+  int fd;
+  if ( (fd = dup2(oldfd, newfd)) == -1) perror("KernelWrapper dup2");
+  return fd;
+}
+
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_pipe( JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jintArray pipefd ) {
+  int *ary = (*env)->GetIntArrayElements(env, pipefd, 0);
+  int rc = pipe(ary);
+  if (rc==-1) { perror("KernelWrapper pipe"); }
+  (*env)->ReleaseIntArrayElements(env, pipefd, ary, 0);
+  return rc;
+}
diff --git a/cTools/KernelWrapper.class b/cTools/KernelWrapper.class
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diff --git a/cTools/KernelWrapper.h b/cTools/KernelWrapper.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d7d751b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cTools/KernelWrapper.h
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+/* DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - it is machine generated */
+#include <jni.h>
+/* Header for class cTools_KernelWrapper */
+
+#ifndef _Included_cTools_KernelWrapper
+#define _Included_cTools_KernelWrapper
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    exit
+ * Signature: (I)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_exit
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jint);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    fork
+ * Signature: ()I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_fork
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    waitpid
+ * Signature: (I[II)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_waitpid
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jint, jintArray, jint);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    execv
+ * Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;[Ljava/lang/String;)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_execv
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jstring, jobjectArray);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    get_current_dir_name
+ * Signature: ()Ljava/lang/String;
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jstring JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_get_1current_1dir_1name
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    open
+ * Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;I)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_open
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jstring, jint);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    close
+ * Signature: (I)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_close
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jint);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    lseek
+ * Signature: (III)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_lseek
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jint, jint, jint);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    read
+ * Signature: (I[BI)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_read
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jint, jbyteArray, jint);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    readOffset
+ * Signature: (I[BII)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_readOffset
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jint, jbyteArray, jint, jint);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    write
+ * Signature: (I[BI)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_write
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jint, jbyteArray, jint);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    writeOffset
+ * Signature: (I[BII)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_writeOffset
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jint, jbyteArray, jint, jint);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    pipe
+ * Signature: ([I)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_pipe
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jintArray);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    readdir
+ * Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;)[Ljava/lang/String;
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jobjectArray JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_readdir
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jstring);
+
+/*
+ * Class:     cTools_KernelWrapper
+ * Method:    dup2
+ * Signature: (II)I
+ */
+JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_cTools_KernelWrapper_dup2
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jint, jint);
+
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif
+#endif
diff --git a/cTools/KernelWrapper.java b/cTools/KernelWrapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c96f0d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cTools/KernelWrapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+  package cTools;
+
+public class KernelWrapper {
+  static {
+    //System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.library.path"));
+    System.loadLibrary("KernelWrapper"); // actually: libKernelWrapper.so
+  }
+
+  public static int O_RDONLY = 0;
+  public static int O_WRONLY = 1;
+  public static int O_RDWR = 2;
+  public static int O_CREAT = 64;
+  public static int O_TRUNC = 512;
+  public static int SEEK_SET = 0;
+  public static int SEEK_CUR = 1;
+  public static int SEEK_END = 2;
+  public static int STDIN_FILENO = 0;
+  public static int STDOUT_FILENO = 1;
+  public static int STDERR_FILENO = 2;
+
+  public static native int exit(int rc);
+  public static native int fork();
+  public static native int waitpid(int pid, int[] status, int options);
+  public static native int execv(String path, String[] argv);
+  //public static native String get_current_dir_name();
+
+  public static native int open(String path, int flags);
+  public static native int close(int fd);
+  public static native int lseek(int fd, int offset, int whence);
+  public static native int read(int fd, byte[] buf, int count);
+  public static native int readOffset(int fd, byte[] buf, int offset, int count);
+  public static native int write(int fd, byte[] buf, int count);
+  public static native int writeOffset(int fd, byte[] buf, int offset, int count);
+
+  public static native int pipe(int[] pipefd);
+  public static native String[] readdir(String path);
+  public static native int dup2(int oldfd, int newfd);
+}
diff --git a/cTools/Makefile b/cTools/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a8f69ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cTools/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+KernelWrapper:
+	javac KernelWrapper.java
+	(cd ..; javah -o cTools/KernelWrapper.h cTools.KernelWrapper)
+	gcc -std=c99 -shared -fpic -I /opt/jdk/include -I /opt/jdk/include/linux -o libKernelWrapper.so KernelWrapper.c
+	#gcc -std=c99 -shared -fpic -I /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/include -I /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/include/linux -o libKernelWrapper.so KernelWrapper.c
+
+clean:
+	/bin/rm -f *.class KernelWrapper.h libKernelWrapper.so
diff --git a/cTools/libKernelWrapper.so b/cTools/libKernelWrapper.so
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index 0000000..93e8c0c
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diff --git a/cat.java b/cat.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81884d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cat.java
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+//the cat version that doesnt use lseek(), only read()
+
+
+import static cTools.KernelWrapper.*;	//imports a Java Wrapper for C kernel functions, needs the sourced source_me
+import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
+import java.util.Scanner;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+
+//implement 
+public class cat{
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		//double start = System.nanoTime();
+		boolean[] errarr = {false};
+		int count =0;
+		boolean [] params = parseArgs(args);//extract parameters and remove them from args
+		//System.out.println(Arrays.toString(args));//for testing
+		boolean argsnull=true;
+		for(int i=0;i<args.length;i++){
+			if(args[i]!=null){
+				argsnull=false;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if (args.length==0||argsnull){//get input if without params
+			inputLoop(params,count);
+		}
+		else{
+			
+			//System.out.println(Arrays.toString(args));//for testing
+			if (params[0]){
+				//System.out.println("If you always seek help from others, you will never be able to achieve greatness on your own.");// r/im14andthisisdeep
+				printFile("cat.txt",params,errarr,count);
+				
+			}
+			else{
+				for (int i=0; i<args.length;i++){
+					
+					if (args[i]!=null){
+						if (args[i].equals("-")){//get input if file name is "-"
+							count = inputLoop(params,count);
+						}
+						else{
+							count = printFile(args[i],params,errarr,count); //output file 
+						}					
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			
+		}
+		/*
+		double end = System.nanoTime()-start;
+		end=end/(1000*1000*1000);			
+		System.out.println(end);
+		*/
+		//System.out.println();
+		if(errarr[0]){System.exit(1);}
+		else{System.exit(0);}
+	}
+
+	static boolean[] parseArgs(String[] args){
+		
+		boolean[] params = new boolean[3];
+		for (int i =0;i<args.length;i++){
+			
+			if(args[i].equals("--help")||args[i].equals("-s")||args[i].equals("-n")){
+				
+				if (args[i].equals("--help")){params[0]=true;} //display help
+				if (args[i].equals("-s")){params[1]=true;} //suppress empty lines
+				if (args[i].equals("-n")){params[2]=true;} //enumerate lines
+
+				args[i] = null;
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return params;
+	}
+
+	static int inputLoop(boolean[] params, int count){
+		Scanner scn = new Scanner(System.in);
+		int countEmpty=0;
+		boolean printThisLine = true;
+		while (true){
+			
+			try{
+				String buf = scn.nextLine();
+				
+				if(params[1]&&buf.length()==0){
+					countEmpty++;
+					if(countEmpty>1){
+						printThisLine = false;
+					}
+
+				}
+				else{
+					countEmpty=0;
+					printThisLine= true;
+				}
+
+				if(printThisLine){
+					
+					if(params[2]){
+						System.out.print("\u001B[33m"+"["+Integer.toString(count)+"]"+"\u001B[0m");
+						count++;
+				}
+				
+				System.out.println(buf);
+				}
+			}
+			catch(NoSuchElementException e){
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		return count;
+	}
+
+	
+	static int printFile(String f, boolean[] params, boolean[] errarr, int count){
+		
+
+		//System.out.println(Arrays.toString(params));
+		int fd = open(f,O_RDONLY);
+		int bufsz = Integer.MAX_VALUE/8; //test values?
+		if (fd!=-1){
+			byte[] bytes = new byte[bufsz];//add length
+			int rd = read(fd,bytes,bufsz);
+			close(fd);
+	
+			byte[] cleanbytes = new byte[rd];
+			
+			for (int i=0;i<rd;i++){
+				cleanbytes[i]= bytes[i];
+			}
+			
+
+			String s = new String(cleanbytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+			String t = "";//length 0
+			String u = "";
+			
+			
+
+			if(params[1]){//suppress multiple empty lines
+				
+				for (int i=0;i<s.length();i++){
+					
+					if(params[1]==true&&s.charAt(i)=='\n'&&(t.length()>2&&t.charAt(t.length()-1)=='\n'&&t.charAt(t.length()-2)=='\n')){;}
+					else{t = t+s.charAt(i);}
+				}
+			}
+			else{t=s;}
+
+
+			if(params[2]){//enumerate lines
+				u = u + "\u001B[33m"+"["+Integer.toString(count)+"]"+"\u001B[0m";
+				count++;
+
+				for (int i=0;i<t.length();i++){
+					u = u + t.charAt(i);
+					if((t.charAt(i)=='\n')&&(i<(t.length()-1))){//if we just appended a line break and we arent at the end of the file
+						u = u+"\u001B[33m"+"["+Integer.toString(count)+"]"+"\u001B[0m";
+					//t=t+Integer.toString(count)+"    ";
+					count++;
+					}						
+				}
+			
+			}
+			else{u=t;}
+			
+			//possibly append newline at end of file?
+			/*	
+			if(u.charAt(u.length()-1)!='\n'){
+				u = u+ '\n';
+			}
+			*/
+
+
+
+			
+			
+			
+			System.out.print(u);
+		
+				
+			
+			
+			//System.out.println();
+			return count;
+		}
+		else{
+			errarr[0]=true;
+			return count;
+			}
+
+
+
+
+		
+	}
+
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cat.txt b/cat.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c8a3f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cat.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+CAT(1)                                                                                User Commands                                                                               CAT(1)
+
+NAME
+       cat - concatenate files and print on the standard output
+
+SYNOPSIS
+       cat [OPTION]... [FILE]...
+
+DESCRIPTION
+       Concatenate FILE(s) to standard output.
+
+       With no FILE, or when FILE is -, read standard input.
+
+       -A, --show-all
+              equivalent to -vET
+
+       -b, --number-nonblank
+              number nonempty output lines, overrides -n
+
+       -e     equivalent to -vE
+
+       -E, --show-ends
+              display $ at end of each line
+
+       -n, --number
+              number all output lines
+
+       -s, --squeeze-blank
+              suppress repeated empty output lines
+
+       -t     equivalent to -vT
+
+       -T, --show-tabs
+              display TAB characters as ^I
+
+       -u     (ignored)
+
+       -v, --show-nonprinting
+              use ^ and M- notation, except for LFD and TAB
+
+       --help display this help and exit
+
+       --version
+              output version information and exit
+
+EXAMPLES
+       cat f - g
+              Output f's contents, then standard input, then g's contents.
+
+       cat    Copy standard input to standard output.
+
+AUTHOR
+       Written by Torbjorn Granlund and Richard M. Stallman.
+
+REPORTING BUGS
+       GNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
+       Report cat translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>
+
+COPYRIGHT
+       Copyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.  License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+
+SEE ALSO
+       tac(1)
+
+       Full documentation at: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/cat>
+       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) cat invocation'
+
+GNU coreutils 8.28                                                                    January 2018                                                                                CAT(1)
diff --git a/executeToCheck.java b/executeToCheck.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05c4220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/executeToCheck.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import static cTools.KernelWrapper.*;
+
+class executeToCheck {
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    System.out.println("Successfully sourced KernelWrapper!");
+    exit(0);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/java_use_me b/java_use_me
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fd055ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java_use_me
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./cTools
+/etc/alternatives/java $*
diff --git a/source_me b/source_me
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e96b22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source_me
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=./cTools
diff --git a/test b/test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ddf93d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+next line nothing
+
+next two nothing
+
+
+now random text
+1231248017413
+\test?