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SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression

See original GitHub issue

What happened

$ react-native init test
$ cd test
$ react-native-rename "Travel App"
Something went wrong:  SyntaxError: Invalid regular expression: /^([\p{Letter}\p{Number}])+([\p{Letter}\p{Number}\s]+)$/: Invalid escape
    at new RegExp (<anonymous>)
    at Command.<anonymous> (/Users/work/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.1/lib/node_modules/react-native-rename/lib/index.js:120:19)
    at Command.listener (/Users/work/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.1/lib/node_modules/react-native-rename/node_modules/commander/index.js:315:8)
    at emitOne (events.js:116:13)
    at Command.emit (events.js:211:7)
    at Command.parseArgs (/Users/work/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.1/lib/node_modules/react-native-rename/node_modules/commander/index.js:656:12)
    at Command.parse (/Users/work/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.1/lib/node_modules/react-native-rename/node_modules/commander/index.js:474:21)
    at /Users/work/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.1/lib/node_modules/react-native-rename/lib/index.js:315:6
    at <anonymous>

react-native info

  React Native Environment Info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 10.14
      CPU: x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-7600 CPU @ 3.50GHz
      Memory: 686.64 MB / 16.00 GB
      Shell: 5.3 - /bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 8.11.1 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.1/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.10.1 - /usr/local/bin/yarn
      npm: 5.6.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v8.11.1/bin/npm
      Watchman: 4.9.0 - /usr/local/bin/watchman
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: iOS 12.1, macOS 10.14, tvOS 12.1, watchOS 5.1
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 3.2 AI-181.5540.7.32.5056338
      Xcode: 10.1/10B61 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      react: 16.6.0-alpha.8af6728 => 16.6.0-alpha.8af6728
      react-native: 0.57.4 => 0.57.4
    npmGlobalPackages:
      create-react-native-app: 2.0.2
      react-native-cli: 2.0.1
      react-native-rename: 2.3.1
      svg-to-react-native-cli: 0.0.3