> [gpeters@cass gpeters]$ ls --version
> ls (GNU fileutils) 4.0
> [gpeters@cass gpeters]$ ls -j
> ls: invalid option -- j
> Try `ls --help' for more information.
> [gpeters@cass gpeters]$ ls -e
> Try `ls --help' for more information.
> 
> Is "-e" not an invalid option?  Should it be reported as such?

This was indeed a bug.  It has already been fixed in the latest test
releases.  The newer versions now say:

  $ ls -e
  ls: invalid option -- e
  Try `ls --help' for more information.

To quote Jim on a previous response to this problem:
> Thanks for the report.
> That's fixed in the latest test release:
>
>   ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/fetish/fileutils-4.0s.tar.gz

Bob

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