Accidentally duplicated every app on my mac

hey guys,
i accidently duplicated every app in my applications folder
is there a way i can delete the duplicated ones?
Thanks

You can select all of the aliases and then COMMAND DELETE the group, but that will not be that much quicker than doing each individually.  Never having been in this situation, I cannot think of any better solution.
Ciao.

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