Hamilton C shell
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Hamilton C shell, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Hamilton C shell's own pricing page, checked 14 Nov 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Update to Hamilton C shell 2012 | $59, paid once | Any license; free if purchased or last updated after January 1, 2011 · One-time update |
| Personal use license | $89, paid once | All personally owned devices for personal use · One-time license |
| Commercial license | $249, paid once | One machine per license; business use or non-personal use · One-time license |
The facts
Each one read from Hamilton C shell's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Bundled utilities
- Bundled tools include mv, cp, rm, grep, sed, cron, tar, su, and sudo.checked 14 Nov 2026
- C shell compatibility
- It recreates the Berkeley C shell and includes interactive history and command and filename completion.checked 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.checked 14 Nov 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.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Language features
- Language extensions include block-structured local variables, floating-point arithmetic, procedures, printf, and a math library.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Long paths
- Core file-system utilities support Windows extended-length paths up to 32K characters.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Operating system versions
- The demo download page offers separate 32-bit and 64-bit Windows installers.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Purpose
- Hamilton C shell is a complete Unix shell environment for Windows with bundled utilities.checked 14 Nov 2026
- Security
- The maker says its executables and installation files are digitally signed, and the installer confirms the verified publisher.checked 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.checked 14 Nov 2026
The company
- Founded
- 1987checked 19 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Ann Arbor, Michigan, USAchecked 19 Oct 2026
- Maker and customer profile
- Hamilton Laboratories serves professional software developers and OEM customers who may license the shell or parts for embedding.checked 14 Nov 2026
Where it runs
- Windows design
- The product was built specifically for Windows and the Win32 API, rather than ported from another platform.checked 14 Nov 2026