if [ $? -eq 0 ] ; then fail ; fi
activity="compare output"
-perl -pi -e s/^\s*\$//g $TEMPDIR/pspp.list
+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
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