Create Playlists by file name attribute

Hi,
Somehow I have around 5000 songs that got duplicated.
The duplicate files were named like this
<filename>1.mp3
So I would like to find just those *1.mp3 files from a playlist of duplicates that I created with one of "Doug's iTunes Scripts" called "Corral Itunes Dupes"
And the kicker is that each duplicate song has the same 'date added' date+time as the original, so although I can find duplicates, I dont know which one to delete.
Is there anyway to use the filename attribute in itunes to filter my current "Dupes" playlist in order to search for files ending in 1.mp3????
Thanks,
Bill Hart
mac mini intel Mac OS X (10.4.6)

OK,
I think I have found the answer to my question, but it wasn't as clean as I would have liked. Beavis gave me some ideas, but ultimately I wanted to have iTunes do the deleting for me so that the database and filesystem was in sync the entire time. Due to the magnitude of the files involved I needed a batch system, the following did the trick with one caveat.
1) First, run Doug's Scripts "Coral iTunes Dupes" http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=corralitunesdupes
2) Next run Doug's Scripts "Sundry Info to Comments" http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=sundryinfotocomments
This step is required. If there is a better way to do this please post it. What you want to do is attach the filename to the the commment section of each database record.
Why? Because iTunes does not allow you to create smart playlists based off that information. For me, this information was necessary because the duplicates all ended in 1. You will want to tell this script to add the filename to the comments
3) Then when you can create a smart playlist that uses the "Dupes" regular playlist and add in searching "comments" for 1.mp3 or 1.m4a or 1.m4p, however you want to filter your duplicates for deletion.
4) Now you should add the column "Commment" to this playlist . This is optional, but I like to check to make sure I have the right songs, and not a bunch of real songs that actually end in 1 (maybe Stephen Malkmus's 1% of 1, for example).
5) Now to delete files from a Smart playlist or regular playlist type option-delete. You should see the standard warning about keeping or deleting files etc. I wanted to delete the files so I choose "Delete files"
6) Optional Go back to the Library and turn on "Show Duplicate Files" from the edit menu just to check you duplicate count and make sure it is in line with what you would expect.
7) DONE!
Hope this helps someone. Really, iTunes should have a facility to filter/search the library/playlists based on filename!
Oh, and the 1 CAVEAT is that for the duplicated songs that you are keeping have the filename in the comments section. Oh well, deleting 7 GB of data was better than some strange comment info.
Regards,
Bill Hart

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