activity="compare data"
perl -pi -e 's/^\s*$//g' $TEMPDIR/pspp.list
-diff -b $TEMPDIR/pspp.list - << foobar |perl -e 's/^\s*$//g'
+diff -b $TEMPDIR/pspp.list - << foobar
1.1 DATA LIST. Reading 1 record from the command file.
+--------+------+-------+------+
|Variable|Record|Columns|Format|
|A | 1| 1- 1|F1.0 |
|B | 1| 2- 2|F1.0 |
+--------+------+-------+------+
-
A B
- -
1 2
5 6
7 8
9 0
-
2.1 DATA LIST. Reading 1 record from the command file.
+--------+------+-------+------+
|Variable|Record|Columns|Format|
|A | 1| 1- 1|F1.0 |
|B | 1| 2- 2|F1.0 |
+--------+------+-------+------+
-
A B
- -
0 9