Deleting songs that iTunes cannot find

Many of my songs on my iTunes are no longer on my drive and show the exclamation mark telling me the file cannot be found.
Is there an easy way I can delete all the songs iTunes cannot find?
Cheers, Jack

ryane84 wrote:
i have put music on itunes from cd's i own or borrowed

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