if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then no_result ; fi
activity="compare stdout"
-diff -B -b $TEMPDIR/stdout - <<EOF
+perl -pi -e 's/^\s*$//g' $TEMPDIR/stdout
+diff -b $TEMPDIR/stdout - <<EOF |perl -e 's/^\s*$//g'
$TEMPDIR/loop.stat:10: warning: BREAK: BREAK not enclosed in DO IF structure.
EOF
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then fail ; fi
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then no_result ; fi
activity="compare output"
-diff -b -B -w pspp.list - <<EOF
+perl -pi -e 's/^\s*$//g' pspp.list
+diff -b -w pspp.list - <<EOF |perl -e 's/^\s*$//g'
1.1 DISPLAY.
+--------+-------------------------------------------+--------+
|Variable|Description |Position|