activity="compare output"
-diff -B -b pspp.list - << EOF
-1.1 DATA LIST. Reading free-form data from the command file.
+perl -pi -e 's/^\s*$//g' pspp.list
+diff -b pspp.list - << EOF
+1.1 DATA LIST. Reading free-form data from INLINE.
+----------------+------+
| Variable |Format|
#================#======#
|longVariablename|F8.0 |
|x |F8.0 |
+----------------+------+
-
longVariablename x
---------------- --------
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