diff --git a/asterix/asterix-dist/src/main/scripts/stopasterix.sh b/asterix/asterix-dist/src/main/scripts/stopasterix.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# get the PIDs of java processes we started
+if [ "$JAVA_HOME" != "" ]
+then
+    PIDS=`$JAVA_HOME/bin/jps`
+else
+    PIDS=`jps`
+fi
+
+while IFS='\n' read -ra MYPIDS; do
+    for i in "${MYPIDS[@]}"; do
+        pid=`echo $i | grep 'CCDriver\|NCDriver\|VirtualClusterDriver' | awk '{print $1}'`
+        name=`echo $i | grep 'CCDriver\|NCDriver\|VirtualClusterDriver' | awk '{print $2}'`
+        if [ "$pid" != "" ]
+        then
+            echo "Stopping $name: $pid"
+            kill -9 $pid
+        fi
+    done
+done <<< "$PIDS"