diff -up sos-2.2/sos/helpers.py.orig sos-2.2/sos/helpers.py
--- sos-2.2/sos/helpers.py.orig	2011-08-14 13:15:07.018884665 +0100
+++ sos-2.2/sos/helpers.py	2011-08-14 13:15:21.880027577 +0100
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def sosGetCommandOutput(command, timeout
 
     p = Popen(command, shell=True, stdout=PIPE, stderr=PIPE, bufsize=-1)
     stdout, stderr = p.communicate()
-    return (p.returncode, stdout.strip(), 0)
+    return (p.returncode, stdout, 0)
 
 def commonPrefix(l1, l2, common = []):
     ''' return a list of common elements at the start of all sequences,