diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d184b1d..6743da7 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -648,9 +648,9 @@
       }
     },
     "@sasjs/utils": {
-      "version": "2.9.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sasjs/utils/-/utils-2.9.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-j7ssEmb8OSZHUUL0PGVgoby0j0ClCcsLsydDCk/C4OAoWPAUPFI5HgGFPSEipz9+P8OlL/EBnglj4LGtlFHCpw==",
+      "version": "2.10.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sasjs/utils/-/utils-2.10.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-T54jx6NEMLu2+R/ux4qcb3dDJ7nFrKkPCkmPXEfZxPQBkbq4C0kmaZv6dC63RDH68wYhoXR2S5fION5fFh91iw==",
       "requires": {
         "@types/prompts": "^2.0.9",
         "consola": "^2.15.0",
@@ -778,9 +778,9 @@
       "dev": true
     },
     "@types/prompts": {
-      "version": "2.0.9",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/prompts/-/prompts-2.0.9.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-TORZP+FSjTYMWwKadftmqEn6bziN5RnfygehByGsjxoK5ydnClddtv6GikGWPvCm24oI+YBwck5WDxIIyNxUrA==",
+      "version": "2.0.10",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/prompts/-/prompts-2.0.10.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-W3PEl3l4vmxdgfY6LUG7ysh+mLJOTOFYmSpiLe6MCo1OdEm8b5s6ZJfuTQgEpYNwcMiiaRzJespPS5Py2tqLlQ==",
       "requires": {
         "@types/node": "*"
       }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7b621a5..8a03b3b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@
     "typescript": "^4.2.3"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@sasjs/utils": "^2.9.0"
+    "@sasjs/utils": "^2.10.1"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/lint.ts b/src/lint.ts
index 8aba8df..c7bb5c9 100644
--- a/src/lint.ts
+++ b/src/lint.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
-import { readFile } from '@sasjs/utils/file'
+import { readFile, listSubFoldersInFolder } from '@sasjs/utils/file'
 import { Diagnostic } from './types/Diagnostic'
 import { LintConfig } from './types/LintConfig'
+import { asyncForEach } from './utils/asyncForEach'
 import { getLintConfig } from './utils/getLintConfig'
+import { listSasFiles } from './utils/listSasFiles'
+import path from 'path'
+import { getProjectRoot } from './utils'
+
+const excludeFolders = [
+  '.git',
+  '.github',
+  '.vscode',
+  'node_modules',
+  'sasjsbuild',
+  'sasjsresults'
+]
 
 /**
  * Analyses and produces a set of diagnostics for the given text content.
@@ -16,10 +29,14 @@ export const lintText = async (text: string) => {
 /**
  * Analyses and produces a set of diagnostics for the file at the given path.
  * @param {string} filePath - the path to the file to be linted.
+ * @param {LintConfig} configuration - an optional configuration. When not passed in, this is read from the .sasjslint file.
  * @returns {Diagnostic[]} array of diagnostic objects, each containing a warning, line number and column number.
  */
-export const lintFile = async (filePath: string) => {
-  const config = await getLintConfig()
+export const lintFile = async (
+  filePath: string,
+  configuration?: LintConfig
+) => {
+  const config = configuration || (await getLintConfig())
   const text = await readFile(filePath)
 
   const fileDiagnostics = processFile(filePath, config)
@@ -28,6 +45,47 @@ export const lintFile = async (filePath: string) => {
   return [...fileDiagnostics, ...textDiagnostics]
 }
 
+/**
+ * Analyses and produces a set of diagnostics for the folder at the given path.
+ * @param {string} folderPath - the path to the folder to be linted.
+ * @param {LintConfig} configuration - an optional configuration. When not passed in, this is read from the .sasjslint file.
+ * @returns {Diagnostic[]} array of diagnostic objects, each containing a warning, line number and column number.
+ */
+export const lintFolder = async (
+  folderPath: string,
+  configuration?: LintConfig
+) => {
+  const config = configuration || (await getLintConfig())
+  const diagnostics: Diagnostic[] = []
+  const fileNames = await listSasFiles(folderPath)
+  await asyncForEach(fileNames, async (fileName) => {
+    diagnostics.push(
+      ...(await lintFile(path.join(folderPath, fileName), config))
+    )
+  })
+
+  const subFolders = (await listSubFoldersInFolder(folderPath)).filter(
+    (f: string) => !excludeFolders.includes(f)
+  )
+
+  await asyncForEach(subFolders, async (subFolder) => {
+    diagnostics.push(
+      ...(await lintFolder(path.join(folderPath, subFolder), config))
+    )
+  })
+
+  return diagnostics
+}
+
+/**
+ * Analyses and produces a set of diagnostics for the current project.
+ * @returns {Diagnostic[]} array of diagnostic objects, each containing a warning, line number and column number.
+ */
+export const lintProject = async () => {
+  const projectRoot = await getProjectRoot()
+  return await lintFolder(projectRoot)
+}
+
 /**
  * Splits the given content into a list of lines, regardless of CRLF or LF line endings.
  * @param {string} text - the text content to be split into lines.
diff --git a/src/utils/asyncForEach.ts b/src/utils/asyncForEach.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..744052b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/asyncForEach.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export async function asyncForEach(
+  array: any[],
+  callback: (item: any, index: number, originalArray: any[]) => any
+) {
+  for (let index = 0; index < array.length; index++) {
+    await callback(array[index], index, array)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/utils/getLintConfig.ts b/src/utils/getLintConfig.ts
index 032fbf0..c90b15d 100644
--- a/src/utils/getLintConfig.ts
+++ b/src/utils/getLintConfig.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export async function getLintConfig(): Promise<LintConfig> {
   const configuration = await readFile(
     path.join(projectRoot, '.sasjslint')
   ).catch((_) => {
+    console.warn('Unable to load .sasjslint file. Using default configuration.')
     return JSON.stringify(DefaultLintConfiguration)
   })
   return new LintConfig(JSON.parse(configuration))
diff --git a/src/utils/index.ts b/src/utils/index.ts
index 4bb8061..f48b820 100644
--- a/src/utils/index.ts
+++ b/src/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 export * from './getLintConfig'
 export * from './getProjectRoot'
+export * from './listSasFiles'
diff --git a/src/utils/listSasFiles.ts b/src/utils/listSasFiles.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47899d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/listSasFiles.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import { listFilesInFolder } from '@sasjs/utils/file'
+
+export const listSasFiles = async (folderPath: string): Promise<string[]> => {
+  const files = await listFilesInFolder(folderPath)
+  return files.filter((f) => f.endsWith('.sas'))
+}