if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then no_result ; fi
activity="compare output"
-diff -b -B $TEMPDIR/pspp.list - << EOF
+perl -pi -e s/^\s*\$//g $TEMPDIR/pspp.list
+diff -b $TEMPDIR/pspp.list - << EOF | perl -e 's/^\s*$//g'
1.1 DATA LIST. Reading 1 record from the command file.
+--------+------+-------+------+
|Variable|Record|Columns|Format|