How to find/remove broken symlinks in Snow Leopard?

Long story, but I need to check my system for broken symlinks and aliases and, if there are any, remove them. Is there a way to do that in the Terminal? If so, what are the exact commands? Obviously, I would like to know what they are, if any, before I issue any commands to delete them, so I would prefer a two-step process, if possible.

Works fine for me. 10.6.3.

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Your post is confusing to read too.
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dom_beta wrote:
Every time or better said sometimes I use DownloadHelper with Firefox under Snow Leopard on my MBP a process called "QtKitServer" crashes and I get a black screen.
Hello folks!
I found a work around. A few minutes ago I deactivated the icon preview for "Desktop". And until now everything seems to work.
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Message was edited by: dom_beta

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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-2295
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