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How to delete empty lines

abc#
abc#this is a test
abc#this is a test to delete
abc#
xyz#
xyz#this is a test two
xyz#


In the above example '#' is common. How to do delete the emply lines. In specific to observe the output as:

abc#this is a test
abc#this is a test to delete
xyz#this is a test two
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Code:
awk -F# '$(NF)>1' file
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Cool It works.
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Or with grep:

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grep '#.' < file
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Code:
grep -v "#$" filename
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