if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then no_result ; fi
activity="compare output"
-diff -B -b $TEMPDIR/pspp.list $TEMPDIR/first.list
+perl -pi -e 's/^\s*$//g' $TEMPDIR/pspp.list $TEMPDIR/first.list
+diff -b $TEMPDIR/pspp.list $TEMPDIR/first.list
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then fail ; fi