Escaping special regex chars

src/panels/TcpDumpPanel.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,14 @@ const tcpDumpCommandBase = "tcpdump --snapshot-length=0 -vvv";
 const captureDir = "/tmp";
 const captureFilePrefix = "vscodenodecap_";
 const captureFileBasePath = `${captureDir}/${captureFilePrefix}`;
-const captureFilePathRegex = `${captureFileBasePath.replace(/\//g, "\\$&")}(.*)\\.cap`; // Matches the part of the filename after the prefix
+const captureFileBasePathEscaped = escapeRegExp(captureFileBasePath);
+const captureFilePathRegex = `${captureFileBasePathEscaped}(.*)\\.cap`; // Matches the part of the filename after the prefix
+
+// Escape all regex meta characters to ensure sanitation and '/' for later use in regex pattern
+function escapeRegExp(input: string): string {
+    return input.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\/]/g, "\\$&"); //Escapes by adding '\' to every matched string $&
+}
+//Reference for regex syntax chars: https://262.ecma-international.org/13.0/index.html#prod-SyntaxCharacter
 
 function getPodName(node: NodeName) {
     return `debug-${node}`;
@@ -53,6 +60,20 @@ function getCaptureFromFilePath(filePath: string): string | null {
     return fileMatch && fileMatch[1];
 }
 
+// Test function to verify escaping
+function testEscapeRegExp() {
+    const testString = "/tmp/vscodenodecap_*+?^${}()|[]\\";
+    const expectedEscapedString = "\\/tmp\\/vscodenodecap_\\*\\+\\?\\^\\$\\{\\}\\(\\)\\|\\[\\]\\\\";
+
+    const actualEscapedString = escapeRegExp(testString);
+    console.assert(
+        actualEscapedString === expectedEscapedString,
+        `Expected ${expectedEscapedString}, but got ${actualEscapedString}`,
+    );
+}
+
+testEscapeRegExp();
+
 export class TcpDumpPanel extends BasePanel<"tcpDump"> {
     constructor(extensionUri: Uri) {
         super(extensionUri, "tcpDump", {