if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then fail ; fi
activity="compare output"
-diff -b -B -w $TEMPDIR/pspp.list - << EOF
+perl -pi -e s/^\s*\$//g $TEMPDIR/pspp.list
+diff -b -w $TEMPDIR/pspp.list - << EOF | perl -e 's/^\s*$//g'
X VARIABLE VARIAB_A VARIAB_B
-------- -------- -------- --------
1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00