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Hamilton C shell
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Commercial license | One-time license · One machine per license; business use or non-personal use | $249, paid once |
| Update to Hamilton C shell 2012 | One-time update · Any license; free if purchased or last updated after January 1, 2011 | $59, paid once |
| Personal use license | One-time license · All personally owned devices for personal use | $89, paid once |
As hamiltonlabs.com lists them, read 14 Nov 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Facts from Hamilton C shell's own pages
- Bundled utilities
- Bundled tools include mv, cp, rm, grep, sed, cron, tar, su, and sudo. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- C shell compatibility
- It recreates the Berkeley C shell and includes interactive history and command and filename completion. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- Demo limits
- The free demo supports unrestricted command counts but is evaluation-only, displays nag screens, and its utilities run only from the demo shell. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- Founded
- 1987 · hamiltonlabs.com, 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA · hamiltonlabs.com, 19 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker documents using Cygwin tools by adding Cygwin's bin directory to the search path and configuring GNU utilities for Windows-style paths. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- Language features
- Language extensions include block-structured local variables, floating-point arithmetic, procedures, printf, and a math library. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- Long paths
- Core file-system utilities support Windows extended-length paths up to 32K characters. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- Maker and customer profile
- Hamilton Laboratories serves professional software developers and OEM customers who may license the shell or parts for embedding. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- Operating system versions
- The demo download page offers separate 32-bit and 64-bit Windows installers. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- Purpose
- Hamilton C shell is a complete Unix shell environment for Windows with bundled utilities. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- Security
- The maker says its executables and installation files are digitally signed, and the installer confirms the verified publisher. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- Support and refund
- Support is offered by phone and email, with a 90-day money-back guarantee and free first-year updates. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
- Windows design
- The product was built specifically for Windows and the Win32 API, rather than ported from another platform. · hamiltonlabs.com, 14 Nov 2026
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