if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then no_result ; 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'
variable001 variable002 variable003 variable004
----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
1.00 1.00 1.00 2.00