Clean up duplicated songs in itunes library

my external harddisk was dead 2 weeks ago , together with my thousands of songs . i ripped some hundred songs from 2 ipods back to my macbook . now , i have problem .
i found duplicated songs , one is real but the other with "!" sign and is only a dead link . how can i clean up all the useless names ?
moreover , i want to clean up my itunes library , kill all duplacted files and all those "hollow names with no songs " . any simple way ?
please help . thanks
PS : the macbook i am using is with latest itunes and OS

Hi,
You need Doug's applescript - "Super Remove Dead Tracks" You can get it here - http://dougscripts.com/itunes/ixarch/arch.php?my=2007-03#032007a
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