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 DESCRIPTIVES. Valid cases = 6; cases with missing value(s) = 0.
+--------#-+-----+
|Variable#N| Mean|