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"Added Mac OS X syntax" -> actually that's the correct syntax generally, the OP missed a '-'.
goldilocks
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A clever trick:

rsync -a --delete empty/ your_folder/

It's super CPU intensive, but really really fast. See http://linuxnote.net/jianingy/en/linux/a-fast-way-to-remove-huge-number-of-files.html

MZAweb
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