diff --git a/apps/ls.cpp b/apps/ls.cpp
index c9050b7d..5589fd6c 100644
--- a/apps/ls.cpp
+++ b/apps/ls.cpp
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
     StringView pathname;
+    bool show_all;
+    bool show_almost_all;
 
     ArgumentParser parser;
     parser.add_positional_argument(pathname, "directory", false, "/");
+    parser.add_switch_argument(show_all, 'a', "all");
+    parser.add_switch_argument(show_almost_all, 'A', "almost-all");
     parser.parse(argc, argv);
 
     DIR* dp = opendir(pathname.chars());
@@ -24,6 +28,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     do {
         struct dirent* ent = readdir(dp);
         if (!ent) break;
+        if (show_almost_all && (!strcmp(ent->d_name, ".") || !strcmp(ent->d_name, ".."))) continue;
+        if (!show_all && !show_almost_all && *ent->d_name == '.') continue;
         printf(first_ent ? "%s" : " %s", ent->d_name);
         first_ent = 0;
     } while (1);
diff --git a/libluna/include/luna/String.h b/libluna/include/luna/String.h
index 219e4e2f..6fd22e94 100644
--- a/libluna/include/luna/String.h
+++ b/libluna/include/luna/String.h
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 
 class String
 {
+    typedef char* Iterator;
+    typedef const char* ConstIterator;
+
   public:
     String(char* c_str);
     String(char* c_str, usize length);
@@ -43,6 +46,26 @@ class String
 
     const char& operator[](usize) const;
 
+    Iterator begin()
+    {
+        return m_inline ? m_inline_storage : m_string;
+    }
+
+    ConstIterator begin() const
+    {
+        return chars();
+    }
+
+    Iterator end()
+    {
+        return begin() + m_length;
+    }
+
+    ConstIterator end() const
+    {
+        return begin() + m_length;
+    }
+
   private:
     union {
         char* m_string { nullptr };
diff --git a/libluna/include/luna/StringView.h b/libluna/include/luna/StringView.h
index 68c4885b..790ace6e 100644
--- a/libluna/include/luna/StringView.h
+++ b/libluna/include/luna/StringView.h
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ class String;
 
 class StringView
 {
+    typedef const char* Iterator;
+
   public:
     StringView(const char* c_str);
     StringView(const char* c_str, usize length);
@@ -32,6 +34,19 @@ class StringView
 
     const char& operator[](usize) const;
 
+    bool operator==(const char* other) const;
+    bool operator==(StringView other) const;
+
+    Iterator begin() const
+    {
+        return m_string;
+    }
+
+    Iterator end() const
+    {
+        return m_string + m_length;
+    }
+
   private:
     const char* m_string { nullptr };
 
diff --git a/libluna/src/StringView.cpp b/libluna/src/StringView.cpp
index 40161b7a..054f0ebd 100644
--- a/libluna/src/StringView.cpp
+++ b/libluna/src/StringView.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ const char& StringView::operator[](usize index) const
     return m_string[index];
 }
 
+bool StringView::operator==(const char* other) const
+{
+    return !strcmp(m_string, other);
+}
+
+bool StringView::operator==(StringView other) const
+{
+    return !strcmp(m_string, other.m_string);
+}
+
 Result<String> StringView::to_string()
 {
     return String::from_cstring(m_string);
diff --git a/libos/include/os/ArgumentParser.h b/libos/include/os/ArgumentParser.h
index f1655e44..034f9d8d 100644
--- a/libos/include/os/ArgumentParser.h
+++ b/libos/include/os/ArgumentParser.h
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class ArgumentParser
     Result<void> add_positional_argument(StringView& out, StringView name, bool required);
     Result<void> add_positional_argument(StringView& out, StringView name, bool required, StringView fallback);
 
+    Result<void> add_switch_argument(bool& out, char short_flag, StringView long_flag);
+
     void parse(int argc, char* const* argv);
 
   private:
@@ -21,5 +23,13 @@ class ArgumentParser
         StringView fallback;
     };
 
+    struct SwitchArgument
+    {
+        bool* out;
+        char short_flag;
+        StringView long_flag;
+    };
+
     Vector<PositionalArgument> m_positional_args;
+    Vector<SwitchArgument> m_switch_args;
 };
diff --git a/libos/src/ArgumentParser.cpp b/libos/src/ArgumentParser.cpp
index 91b672c7..4d2274c3 100644
--- a/libos/src/ArgumentParser.cpp
+++ b/libos/src/ArgumentParser.cpp
@@ -17,13 +17,92 @@ Result<void> ArgumentParser::add_positional_argument(StringView& out, StringView
     return m_positional_args.try_append(move(arg));
 }
 
+Result<void> ArgumentParser::add_switch_argument(bool& out, char short_flag, StringView long_flag)
+{
+    SwitchArgument arg { &out, short_flag, long_flag };
+
+    return m_switch_args.try_append(move(arg));
+}
+
+static bool looks_like_short_flag(StringView arg)
+{
+    return arg.length() > 1 && arg[0] == '-';
+}
+
+static bool looks_like_long_flag(StringView arg)
+{
+    return arg.length() > 2 && arg[0] == '-' && arg[1] == '-';
+}
+
 void ArgumentParser::parse(int argc, char* const* argv)
 {
     StringView program_name = argv[0];
 
+    bool is_still_parsing_flags = true;
+
     for (int i = 1; i < argc; i++)
     {
         StringView arg = argv[i];
+
+        if (is_still_parsing_flags)
+        {
+            if (arg == "--")
+            {
+                is_still_parsing_flags = false;
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if (looks_like_long_flag(arg))
+            {
+                StringView flag = &arg[2];
+
+                bool found = false;
+
+                for (const auto& current : m_switch_args)
+                {
+                    if (current.long_flag == flag)
+                    {
+                        *current.out = true;
+                        found = true;
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (found) continue;
+
+                fprintf(stderr, "%s: unrecognized option '%s'\n", program_name.chars(), arg.chars());
+                exit(1);
+            }
+            else if (looks_like_short_flag(arg))
+            {
+                StringView flags = &arg[1];
+
+                for (char c : flags)
+                {
+                    bool found = false;
+
+                    for (const auto& current : m_switch_args)
+                    {
+                        if (current.short_flag == ' ') continue;
+
+                        if (current.short_flag == c)
+                        {
+                            *current.out = true;
+                            found = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    if (found) continue;
+
+                    fprintf(stderr, "%s: invalid option -- '%c'\n", program_name.chars(), c);
+                    exit(1);
+                }
+
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
         Option<PositionalArgument> current = m_positional_args.try_dequeue();
         if (!current.has_value())
         {