diff --git a/build/validate.rb b/build/validate.rb
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..d44cefb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/validate.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+args = ARGV
+filename = args[0]
+
+File.foreach(filename).with_index do |line, line_num|
+    line_num += 1
+    puts "#{line_num}: #{line}"
+
+end