diff --git a/lua/updateSampleList.lua b/lua/updateSampleList.lua
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0480f6d7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lua/updateSampleList.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+function latestVersion(sample)
+  local version = tonumber(sample:match("/v(%d+)/"))
+  f = io.open(sample)
+  while (f == nil) do
+    version = version + 1
+    sample = sample:gsub("/v(%d+)/", "/v"..version.."/")
+    f = io.open(sample)
+  end
+  return(sample)
+end
+
+for sample in io.lines(arg[1]) do
+  print(latestVersion(sample))
+end