Weird Linefeed in directory listing

[Dave.Haddon]

Help....

I think I may have a bug but I'm not convinced yet...

I need to store the contents of a directory into a variable as such...

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>> ls
file123  file134  file156  file167  file178  file201  file202  otherfile
>> ls file1*
file123  file134  file156  file167  file178
>> filelist=ls file1*
filelist = file123  file134  file156  file167  file178
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Now this works because there are no 's' characters... however, after changing 
each fileXXX to filesXXX... this happens

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>> ls
files123  files156  files178  files202
files134  files167  files201  otherfiles
>> ls files1*
files123  files134  files156  files167  files178
>> filelist=ls files1*
filelist =

file     
123  file
134  file
156  file
167     file 
178
     
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Now.. whoever took my 's' characters.. please give them back....

If someone else could please try this I would like to know if it is just my 
problem....

I have only noticed the problem with the 's' character

I am using octave 3.0.0, and tried both in normal shell, qtoctave and koctave.. 
all the same..

Any help/advice/'smacks on back of head for being an octave newbie' 
appreciated...

David