diff --git a/node/task.ts b/node/task.ts
index c52687305..2d18b60b5 100644
--- a/node/task.ts
+++ b/node/task.ts
@@ -975,29 +975,45 @@ export function resolve(...pathSegments: any[]): string {
 export const which = im._which;
 
 /**
- * Returns array of files in the given path, or in current directory if no path provided.  See shelljs.ls
+ * Returns array of files in the given path, or in current directory if no path provided.
  * @param  {string}   options  Available options: -R (recursive), -A (all files, include files beginning with ., except for . and ..)
  * @param  {string[]} paths    Paths to search.
  * @return {string[]}          An array of files in the given path(s).
  */
-export function ls(optionsOrPaths?: string | string[], ...paths: string[]): string[] {
+export function ls(optionsOrPaths?: string | string[], ...paths: string[]): string[];
+export function ls(optionsOrPaths?: string | string[], paths?: string[]): string[];
+export function ls(optionsOrPaths?: string | string[], paths?: string): string[];
+
+export function ls(optionsOrPaths?: string | string[], ...paths: unknown[]): string[] {
     let isRecursive = false;
     let includeHidden = false;
     let handleAsOptions = false;
 
-    if (typeof optionsOrPaths == 'string' && optionsOrPaths.startsWith('-')) {
+    if (typeof optionsOrPaths === 'string' && optionsOrPaths.startsWith('-')) {
         optionsOrPaths = optionsOrPaths.toLowerCase();
         isRecursive = optionsOrPaths.includes('r');
         includeHidden = optionsOrPaths.includes('a');
-    } else {
+    }
+
+    // Flatten paths if the paths argument is array
+    if (Array.isArray(paths)) {
+        paths = paths.flat(Infinity);
+    }
+
+    // If the first argument is not options, then it is a path
+    if (typeof optionsOrPaths !== 'string' || !optionsOrPaths.startsWith('-')) {
+        let pathsFromOptions: string[] = [];
+
+        if (Array.isArray(optionsOrPaths)) {
+            pathsFromOptions = optionsOrPaths;
+        } else if (optionsOrPaths) {
+            pathsFromOptions = [optionsOrPaths];
+        }
+
         if (paths === undefined || paths.length === 0) {
-            if (Array.isArray(optionsOrPaths)) {
-                paths = optionsOrPaths as string[];
-            } else if (optionsOrPaths && !handleAsOptions) {
-                paths = [optionsOrPaths];
-            } else {
-                paths = [];
-            }
+            paths = pathsFromOptions;
+        } else {
+            paths.push(...pathsFromOptions);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1048,7 +1064,7 @@ export function ls(optionsOrPaths?: string | string[], ...paths: string[]): stri
         return entries;
     } catch (error) {
         if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
-            throw new Error(`Failed ls: ${error}`);
+            throw new Error(loc('LIB_PathNotFound', 'ls', error.message));
         } else {
             throw new Error(loc('LIB_OperationFailed', 'ls', error));
         }
@@ -1084,7 +1100,10 @@ function retryer(func: Function, retryCount: number = 0, continueOnError: boolea
  * @param {boolean} [continueOnError] - Optional. whether to continue on error.
  * @param {number} [retryCount=0] - Optional. Retry count to copy the file. It might help to resolve intermittent issues e.g. with UNC target paths on a remote host.
  */
-export function cp(sourceOrOptions: string, destinationOrSource: string, optionsOrDestination?: string, continueOnError?: boolean, retryCount: number = 0): void {
+export function cp(source: string, destination: string, options?: string, continueOnError?: boolean, retryCount: number = 0): void;
+export function cp(options: string, source: string, destination: string, continueOnError?: boolean, retryCount: number = 0): void;
+
+export function cp(sourceOrOptions: string, destinationOrSource: string, optionsOrDestination: string, continueOnError?: boolean, retryCount: number = 0): void {
     retryer(() => {
         let recursive = false;
         let force = true;
@@ -1107,7 +1126,7 @@ export function cp(sourceOrOptions: string, destinationOrSource: string, options
         }
 
         if (!fs.existsSync(destination) && !force) {
-            throw new Error(`ENOENT: no such file or directory: ${destination}`);
+            throw new Error(loc('LIB_PathNotFound', 'cp', destination));
         }
 
         const lstatSource = fs.lstatSync(source);
@@ -1131,11 +1150,7 @@ export function cp(sourceOrOptions: string, destinationOrSource: string, options
                 fs.cpSync(source, path.join(destination, path.basename(source)), { recursive, force });
             }
         } catch (error) {
-            if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
-                throw new Error(error);
-            } else {
-                throw new Error(loc('LIB_OperationFailed', 'cp', error));
-            }
+            throw new Error(loc('LIB_OperationFailed', 'cp', error));
         }
     }, retryCount, continueOnError);
 }
diff --git a/node/test/ls.ts b/node/test/ls.ts
index 2481ceed8..68d8c7b47 100644
--- a/node/test/ls.ts
+++ b/node/test/ls.ts
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ describe('ls cases', () => {
 
   it('Provide the folder which does not exist', (done) => {
     assert.ok(!fs.existsSync('/thisfolderdoesnotexist'));
-    assert.throws(() => tl.ls('/thisfolderdoesnotexist'), { message: /^Failed ls: Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat/ });
-
+    assert.throws(() => tl.ls('/thisfolderdoesnotexist'), { message: /^Not found ls: ENOENT: no such file or directory, lstat/ });
     done();
   });
 
@@ -266,7 +265,7 @@ describe('ls cases', () => {
     done();
   });
 
-  it('Empty attributes, but several paths', (done) => {
+  it('Empty attributes, but several paths as multiple arguments', (done) => {
     const result = tl.ls('', TEMP_SUBDIR_1, TEMP_FILE_1);
 
     assert.ok(result.includes(TEMP_FILE_1));
@@ -277,6 +276,37 @@ describe('ls cases', () => {
     done();
   });
 
+  it('Empty attributes, but several paths in array', (done) => {
+    const result = tl.ls('', [TEMP_SUBDIR_1]);
+
+    assert.ok(result.includes(TEMP_SUBDIR_FILE_1));
+    assert.ok(result.includes(TEMP_SUBDIR_FILELINK_1));
+    assert.equal(result.length, 2);
+
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('Empty attributes, but one path', (done) => {
+    const result = tl.ls('', TEMP_SUBDIR_1);
+
+    assert.ok(result.includes(TEMP_SUBDIR_FILE_1));
+    assert.ok(result.includes(TEMP_SUBDIR_FILELINK_1));
+    assert.equal(result.length, 2);
+
+    done();
+  });
+
+  it('Provide path as first argument and subdir as second argument', (done) => {
+    const result = tl.ls(TEMP_FILE_1, TEMP_SUBDIR_1);
+
+    assert.ok(result.includes(TEMP_FILE_1));
+    assert.ok(result.includes(TEMP_SUBDIR_FILE_1));
+    assert.ok(result.includes(TEMP_SUBDIR_FILELINK_1));
+    assert.equal(result.length, 3);
+
+    done();
+  });
+
   it('New one folder without content', (done) => {
     tl.mkdirP('foo');