diff --git a/pkg/cmd/run/view/view.go b/pkg/cmd/run/view/view.go
index 17a8525f3..5dba471fc 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/run/view/view.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/run/view/view.go
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ func promptForJob(cs *iostreams.ColorScheme, jobs []shared.Job) (*shared.Job, er
 }
 
 func logFilenameRegexp(job shared.Job, step shared.Step) *regexp.Regexp {
-	re := fmt.Sprintf(`%s\/%d_.*\.txt`, job.Name, step.Number)
+	re := fmt.Sprintf(`%s\/%d_.*\.txt`, regexp.QuoteMeta(job.Name), step.Number)
 	return regexp.MustCompile(re)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/run/view/view_test.go b/pkg/cmd/run/view/view_test.go
index 13ef80b7e..4e284b354 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/run/view/view_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/run/view/view_test.go
@@ -926,6 +926,17 @@ func Test_attachRunLog(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			wantMatch: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "escape metacharacters in job name",
+			job: shared.Job{
+				Name: "metacharacters .+*?()|[]{}^$ job",
+				Steps: []shared.Step{{
+					Name:   "fob the barz",
+					Number: 0,
+				}},
+			},
+			wantMatch: false,
+		},
 		{
 			name: "mismatching job name",
 			job: shared.Job{