replacement for "locate" command which is capable of easily matching *exact* filenames -- placed here for my reference; I am not claiming credit for this; I did not make it

flocate

# Thanks to Dark_Helmet
# http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/can-i-specify-an-exact-filename-in-%27locate%27-205840/#post1053288

function flocate
{
  if [ $# -gt 1 ] ; then
    display_divider=1
  else
    display_divider=0
  fi

  current_argument=0
  total_arguments=$#
  while [ ${current_argument} -lt ${total_arguments} ] ; do
    current_file=$1
    if [ "${display_divider}" = "1" ] ; then
      echo "----------------------------------------"
      echo "Matches for ${current_file}"
      echo "----------------------------------------"
    fi

    filename_re="^\(.*/\)*$( echo ${current_file} | sed s%\\.%\\\\.%g )$"
    locate -r "${filename_re}"
    shift
    (( current_argument = current_argument + 1 ))
  done
}