activity="compare output"
-diff -b -B $TEMPDIR/pspp.list - << EOF
-1.1 DATA LIST. Reading free-form data from file $TEMPDIR/data-list.data.
+perl -pi -e 's/^\s*$//g' $TEMPDIR/pspp.list
+diff -b $TEMPDIR/pspp.list - << EOF
+1.1 DATA LIST. Reading free-form data from "$TEMPDIR/data-list.data".
+--------+------+
|Variable|Format|
#========#======#
|C |F8.0 |
|D |F8.0 |
+--------+------+
-
-2.1 PRINT. Writing 1 record(s) to file foo.
+2.1 PRINT. Writing 1 record to "foo".
+--------+------+-------+------+
|Variable|Record|Columns|Format|
#========#======#=======#======#
|C | 1| 19- 28|N10.0 |
|"/" | 1| 29- 29|A1 |
+--------+------+-------+------+
-
-
A B C D
-------- -------- -------- --------
. 2.00 3.00 4.00
-
. 6.00 7.00 8.00
-
. 10.00 11.00 12.00
-
-3.1 DATA LIST. Reading free-form data from file $TEMPDIR/data-list.data.
+3.1 DATA LIST. Reading free-form data from "$TEMPDIR/data-list.data".
+--------+------+
|Variable|Format|
#========#======#
|C |F8.0 |
|D |F8.0 |
+--------+------+
-
-4.1 PRINT. Writing 1 record(s) to the listing file.
+4.1 PRINT. Writing 1 record.
+--------+------+-------+------+
|Variable|Record|Columns|Format|
#========#======#=======#======#
|D | 1| 28- 35|F8.2 |
+--------+------+-------+------+
. 2.00 3.00 4.00
-
A B C D
-------- -------- -------- --------
. 2.00 3.00 4.00
10.00 11.00 . .
12.00 . . .
12.00 . . .
-
EOF
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then fail ; fi