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# 1  
Old 04-30-2008
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
.
.
.
.
# 2  
Old 04-30-2008
Code:
awk -F# '$(NF)>1' file

Regards
# 3  
Old 04-30-2008
Cool It works.
Thanks Frank.
# 4  
Old 04-30-2008
Or with grep:

Code:
grep '#.' < file

Regards
Last edited by Franklin52; 04-30-2008 at 11:18 AM.. Reason: edit quotes
# 5  
Old 04-30-2008
one more

Code:
grep -v "#$" filename

# 6  
Old 04-30-2008
Thanks Folks. Will try all the options.
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