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Delete Empty Folders and Crap OS X

How do I find empty folders in a file hierachy with find?

find . -name ".DS_Store" -depth -type f -print

find . -name ".DS_Store" -depth -type f -print -exec rm {} \;

find . -depth -type d -empty -print

find . -depth -type d -empty -print -exec rmdir {} \;

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