Index: trunk/ippToPsps/jython/fits.py
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--- trunk/ippToPsps/jython/fits.py	(revision 38958)
+++ trunk/ippToPsps/jython/fits.py	(revision 39085)
@@ -181,5 +181,7 @@
 
             # this regex will get param/value pairs for all header cards, ignoring comments and parsing out 'HIERACH' prefixes
-            match = re.match('^(HIERARCH )*([a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+)\s*=\s+\'*([a-zA-Z0-9-+_\.:\s@#]+)\'*\\/*', record)
+#            match = re.match('^(HIERARCH )*([a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+)\s*=\s+\'*([a-zA-Z0-9-+_\.:\s@#]+)\'*\\/*', record)
+            ## MEH -- adding matching for (), chars since SUBTRACTION.KERNEL needs these
+            match = re.match('^(HIERARCH )*([a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+)\s*=\s+\'*([a-zA-Z0-9-+_\.:\s@#\(\)\,]+)\'*\\/*', record)
             if match: