diff --git a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV3FoamReader/vtkPV3Foam/vtkPV3Foam.C b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV3FoamReader/vtkPV3Foam/vtkPV3Foam.C
index fea710ac1a..7780ad3cfd 100644
--- a/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV3FoamReader/vtkPV3Foam/vtkPV3Foam.C
+++ b/applications/utilities/postProcessing/graphics/PV3FoamReader/vtkPV3Foam/vtkPV3Foam.C
@@ -247,15 +247,20 @@ Foam::vtkPV3Foam::vtkPV3Foam
         setEnv("FOAM_CASE", fullCasePath, true);
     }
 
-    // get the caseName, and look for '=regionName' in it
-    // we could also be more stringent and insist that the
-    // prefix match the directory name, etc ..
-    fileName caseName(fileName(FileName).lessExt());
+    // look for 'case{region}.OpenFOAM'
+    // could be stringent and insist the prefix match the directory name...
+    // Note: cannot use fileName::name() due to the embedded '{}'
+    string caseName(fileName(FileName).lessExt());
+    string::size_type beg = caseName.find_last_of("/{");
+    string::size_type end = caseName.find('}', beg);
 
-    string::size_type delimiter = caseName.find("=");
-    if (delimiter != string::npos)
+    if
+    (
+        beg != string::npos && caseName[beg] == '{'
+     && end != string::npos && end == caseName.size()-1
+    )
     {
-        meshRegion_ = caseName.substr(delimiter+1);
+        meshRegion_ = caseName.substr(beg+1, end-beg-1);
 
         // some safety
         if (!meshRegion_.size())
diff --git a/bin/paraFoam b/bin/paraFoam
index c6c4d544f9..101bba1674 100755
--- a/bin/paraFoam
+++ b/bin/paraFoam
@@ -81,12 +81,12 @@ caseName=${PWD##*/}
 caseFile="$caseName.OpenFOAM"
 if [ -n "$regionName" ]
 then
-   caseFile="$caseName=$regionName.OpenFOAM"
+   caseFile="$caseName{$regionName}.OpenFOAM"
 fi
 
 if [ -n "$touchOnly" ];
 then
-   touch $caseFile
+   touch "$caseFile"
    echo "created '$caseFile'"
    exit 0
 fi
@@ -120,10 +120,11 @@ case "$ParaView_VERSION" in
    # only create/remove caseFile if it doesn't exist
    [ -e $caseFile ] || {
       trap "rm -f $caseFile 2>/dev/null; exit 0" EXIT TERM INT
-      touch $caseFile
+      touch "$caseFile"
+      echo "created temporary '$caseFile'"
    }
 
-   paraview --data=$caseFile
+   paraview --data="$caseFile"
    ;;
 
 esac