Escaping strings so I can do an exact match filter

penguin020

I have possible regex characters in a filter field, and I need to do an exact match. The response I have seen here is to use regex filtering and pre/postpend ^/$, but, since my filter text contains regex control characters(parenthesis, for example) , I do not think this will work. Does anyone have any guidance they can spare? Do I need to escape my search strings? If so, any suggestions on how to go about that?