diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/ls.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/ls.rs
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+use nu_engine::eval_expression;
+use nu_protocol::ast::Call;
+use nu_protocol::engine::{Command, EvaluationContext};
+use nu_protocol::{IntoValueStream, Signature, SyntaxShape, Value};
+
+pub struct Ls;
+
+//NOTE: this is not a real implementation :D. It's just a simple one to test with until we port the real one.
+impl Command for Ls {
+    fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        "ls"
+    }
+
+    fn usage(&self) -> &str {
+        "List the files in a directory."
+    }
+
+    fn signature(&self) -> nu_protocol::Signature {
+        Signature::build("ls").optional(
+            "pattern",
+            SyntaxShape::GlobPattern,
+            "the glob pattern to use",
+        )
+    }
+
+    fn run(
+        &self,
+        context: &EvaluationContext,
+        call: &Call,
+        _input: Value,
+    ) -> Result<nu_protocol::Value, nu_protocol::ShellError> {
+        let pattern = if let Some(expr) = call.positional.get(0) {
+            let result = eval_expression(context, expr)?;
+            result.as_string()?
+        } else {
+            "*".into()
+        };
+
+        let call_span = call.head;
+        let glob = glob::glob(&pattern).unwrap();
+
+        Ok(Value::Stream {
+            stream: glob
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(move |x| match x {
+                    Ok(path) => match std::fs::symlink_metadata(&path) {
+                        Ok(metadata) => {
+                            let is_file = metadata.is_file();
+                            let is_dir = metadata.is_dir();
+                            let filesize = metadata.len();
+
+                            Value::Record {
+                                cols: vec!["name".into(), "type".into(), "size".into()],
+                                vals: vec![
+                                    Value::String {
+                                        val: path.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                                        span: call_span,
+                                    },
+                                    if is_file {
+                                        Value::string("file", call_span)
+                                    } else if is_dir {
+                                        Value::string("dir", call_span)
+                                    } else {
+                                        Value::Nothing { span: call_span }
+                                    },
+                                    Value::Int {
+                                        val: filesize as i64,
+                                        span: call_span,
+                                    },
+                                ],
+                                span: call_span,
+                            }
+                        }
+                        Err(_) => Value::Record {
+                            cols: vec!["name".into(), "type".into(), "size".into()],
+                            vals: vec![
+                                Value::String {
+                                    val: path.to_string_lossy().to_string(),
+                                    span: call_span,
+                                },
+                                Value::Nothing { span: call_span },
+                                Value::Nothing { span: call_span },
+                            ],
+                            span: call_span,
+                        },
+                    },
+                    _ => Value::Nothing { span: call_span },
+                })
+                .into_value_stream(),
+            span: call_span,
+        })
+    }
+}