--eval command line option does not work

[aviks]

$./julia -h 
...
-e --eval=<expr>         Evaluate <expr>
...

$./julia --eval  "a=rand(100); println(size(a))" 
ERROR: unknown option: --eval
 in process_options at client.jl:253
 in _start at client.jl:329

$./julia -e  "a=rand(100); println(size(a))" 
(100,)

[aviks]

That was 14 minutes. Has to be some sort of a record!

Thanks.