GNU coreutils 6.9 - bug in ls

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Hello,

I have founded a weird bug in coreutils, probably it's in ls.
sh-3.2$ cd /home/user/watch
sh-3.2$ ls *
ls: invalid option -- ^
sh-3.2$ which ls
/bin/ls
sh-3.2$ cd ../
sh-3.2$ ls *
(files from /home/user are displayed)
sh-3.2$ ls --version
ls (GNU coreutils) 6.9
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Thanks for your reply,
Marek Cruz