command-to-kill-apache-processes.txt

# Check if processes are running
ps -u www-data

# Get pid of processes
# These commands change depending on the length of the PID Id
ps -u www-data | cut -f3 -d' '
ps -u www-data | cut -f2 -d' '
ps -u www-data | cut -f1 -d' '

# recursively kill www-data processes
# These commands change depending on the length of the PID Id
for i in $(ps -u www-data | cut -f3 -d' '); do kill -9 $i; done
for i in $(ps -u www-data | cut -f2 -d' '); do kill -9 $i; done
for i in $(ps -u www-data | cut -f1 -d' '); do kill -9 $i; done