Illustrator File Issue - quick fix?

Hello,
I have a large number of files suffering from copy & paste issue as describe in http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/408/kb408008.html
Is there a way I can code a plugin or make a Applescript that will automatically clean up my file? Go through one by one is definatelly not a good idea and it would take me countless hours to do so!
Appreaciate your thought.
Thanks & Regards,
Jeno

The actual cleanup and all file level operations could be done with Automator and an extension for string handling. the stripping of the AI specific items might be another story, but I'm sure it can be done with some script. I'm just not familiar with AI scripting (or much Apple scripting, for that matter). Maybe James has an idea or knows some solution....
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