How to select html nodes by ID with jquery when the id contains a dot?

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If my html looked like this:

<td class="controlCell">
    <input class="inputText" id="SearchBag.CompanyName" name="SearchBag.CompanyName" type="text" value="" />
</td>

How could I select #SearchBag.CompanyName with JQuery?
I can’t get it to work and I fear it’s the dot that’s breaking it all.
The annoying thing is that renaming all my id’s would be a lot of work, not to mention the loss in readability.

Note:
Please let’s not start talking about how tables are not made for lay-outing. I’m very aware of the value and shortcomings of CSS and try hard to use it as much as possible.

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