diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 61387d477d57..f8259272bd92 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -92,5 +92,7 @@ out/*
 tmp/*
 obj/
 
+
 # AutoRest Nightly #
 AutoRest.*
+output/*
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1d18d9d500b2..65e9e6ab0fab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
     "lodash": "^3.10.1",
     "request": "^2.61.0",
     "z-schema": "^3.16.1",
-    "openapi-validation-tools": "azure/openapi-validation-tools#master"
+    "openapi-validation-tools": "azure/openapi-validation-tools#master",
+    "underscore": "^1.8.3"
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/azure/azure-rest-api-specs",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/scripts/getStatus.js b/scripts/getStatus.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..28b69d511752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/getStatus.js
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT License. See License in the project root for license information.
+
+'use strict';
+var execSync = require('child_process').execSync,
+  path = require('path'),
+  fs = require('fs'),
+  glob = require('glob'),
+  _ = require('underscore'),
+  oav = require('openapi-validation-tools');
+
+exports = module.exports;
+exports.globPath = path.join(__dirname, '../', '/**/swagger/*.json');
+exports.swaggers = _(glob.sync(exports.globPath));
+
+var swaggersToProcess = exports.swaggers;
+var finalResult = {};
+var filename = `log_${getTimeStamp()}.log`;
+var logFilepath = path.join(getLogDir(), filename);
+
+function getTimeStamp() {
+  // We pad each value so that sorted directory listings show the files in chronological order
+  function pad(number) {
+    if (number < 10) {
+      return '0' + number;
+    }
+
+    return number;
+  }
+
+  var now = new Date();
+  return now.getFullYear()
+    + pad(now.getMonth() + 1)
+    + pad(now.getDate())
+    + "_"
+    + pad(now.getHours())
+    + pad(now.getMinutes())
+    + pad(now.getSeconds());
+}
+
+function updateResult(spec, errors, updateLog) {
+  if (!finalResult[spec]) {
+    finalResult[spec] = errors;
+  } else {
+    finalResult[spec] = finalResult[spec].concat(errors);
+  }
+  if (updateLog) {
+    writeContent(JSON.stringify(finalResult, null, 2));
+  }
+  return;
+}
+
+function getLogDir() {
+  let logDir = path.join(__dirname, '../', 'output');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(logDir)) {
+    try {
+      fs.mkdirSync(logDir);
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (e.code !== 'EEXIST') throw e;
+    }
+  }
+  return logDir;
+}
+
+//creates the log file if it has not been created
+function createLogFile() {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(logFilepath)) {
+    fs.writeFileSync(logFilepath, '');
+  }
+  return;
+}
+
+//appends the content to the log file
+function writeContent(content) {
+  fs.writeFileSync(logFilepath, content);
+}
+//executes promises sequentially by chaining them.
+function executePromisesSequentially(promiseFactories) {
+  let result = Promise.resolve();
+  promiseFactories.forEach(function (promiseFactory) {
+    result = result.then(promiseFactory);
+  });
+  return result;
+};
+
+// runs the linter on a given swagger spec.
+function runLinter(swagger) {
+  let cmd = 'autorest -CodeGenerator None -I ' + swagger + ' -JsonValidationMessages true';
+  console.log(`\t- Running Linter.`);
+  let resultString, resultObj;
+  try {
+    resultString = execSync(cmd, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+    // console.log('>>>>');
+    // console.log(resultString);
+    resultString = resultString.trim().substring(resultString.indexOf('['));
+    resultObj = JSON.parse(resultString);
+    //console.dir(resultObj, {depth: null, colors: true});
+    return Promise.resolve(resultObj);
+  } catch (err) {
+    console.log(`An error occurred while running the linter on ${swagger}:`);
+    console.dir(err, { depth: null, colors: true });
+  }
+}
+
+//runs the semantic validator on a given swagger spec.
+function runSemanticValidator(swagger) {
+  console.log('\t- Running Semantic Validator.')
+  return oav.validateSpec(swagger, 'off').then(function (validationResult) {
+    //console.dir(validationResult, { depth: null, colors: true });
+    return Promise.resolve(validationResult.validateSpec.errors);
+  }).catch(function (err) {
+    console.dir(err, { depth: null, colors: true });
+  });
+}
+
+//main function
+function runScript() {
+  // Useful when debugging a test for a particular swagger. 
+  // Just update the regex. That will return an array of filtered items.
+  // swaggersToProcess = swaggersToProcess.filter(function (item) {
+  //   return (item.match(/.*arm-network/ig) !== null);
+  // });
+  createLogFile();
+  console.log(`The results will be logged here: "${logFilepath}".`)
+  let promiseFactories = _(swaggersToProcess).map(function (swagger) {
+    return function () { return runTools(swagger); };
+  });
+  return executePromisesSequentially(promiseFactories);
+}
+
+//runs the validation and linting tools on all the swaggers in the repo.
+function runTools(swagger) {
+  console.log(`Processing "${swagger}":`);
+  return runSemanticValidator(swagger).then(function (validationErrors) {
+    updateResult(swagger, validationErrors, true);
+    return swagger;
+  }).then(function (swagger) {
+    return runLinter(swagger).then(function (linterErrors) {
+      updateResult(swagger, linterErrors, true);
+      //console.dir(finalResult, { depth: null, colors: true });
+      return finalResult;
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+//magic starts here
+runScript();
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