diff --git a/ratis-examples/src/main/bin/start-counter-server.sh b/ratis-examples/src/main/bin/start-counter-server.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+source $DIR/common.sh
+
+# One of the examples, e.g. "filestore" or "arithmetic"
+example="$1"
+shift
+
+subcommand="$1"
+shift
+
+# Find a tmpdir, defaulting to what the environment tells us
+tmp="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}"
+
+echo "Starting 3 Ratis servers with Counter with directories in '${tmp}' as local storage"
+
+for((i=1;i<=3;i++));  
+do   
+java -cp $ARTIFACT org.apache.ratis.examples.counter.server.CounterServer $i &
+done 
+
+
+echo "Waiting for the servers"
diff --git a/ratis-examples/src/main/bin/stop-counter-server.sh b/ratis-examples/src/main/bin/stop-counter-server.sh
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+ #!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+ kill $(jps -lv | grep 'ratis' | grep 'CounterServer' | grep -v 'grep' | awk '{print $1}')
+ echo "All Ratis examples have been stopped."