No binary data returned in Read/Write Files from Disk

[tautv]

Bug Description

Read/Write Files from Disk node fails to return data if the filename (or directory/folder name) contains both "(" and ")".
Only affects Read part.
Write part works ok.

Read will work if only ) is present.
Read will work if only ( is present.
Read will not work if both ( and ) are present, either in Filename or Directory Name.

To Reproduce

1. Create two files locally - "test1.txt" ; "test(1).txt"
2. Create a Read/Write Files from Disk node (Operation: "Read File(s) From Disk")
3. test1.txt returns 'data'; test(1).txt doesn't:

Without ( and ):

With ( and ) in filename:

With ( and ) in foldername:

Expected behavior

Read should work with files and folder containing ( and ).

Operating System

MacOS - Sonoma 14.6.1

n8n Version

1.66.0

Node.js Version

v20.18.0

Database

SQLite (default)

Execution mode

main (default)

[Joffcom]

This is now in Linear and is being tracked as NODE-2010

[tautv]

I did a quick/dirty fix on my side:
packages/nodes-base/nodes/Files/ReadWriteFile/actions/read.operation.ts
fileSelector = fileSelector.replace(/([()])/g, '\\$1');

Was going to open PR, but can't get the pnpm test to run.

This solved my parentheses issue, but not sure if it breaks anything else.

[tautv]

Out of curiosity:

At least on macOS, it's possible to have folders/files with [ and ] characters as well, introducing an odd challange.

f.e. if you have two files "test2.txt" and "test[2].txt", the node will return two 'data', which makes sense since it matches the pattern.

Is there's a way to avoid/skip globbing?