If you look at locate --help, you may find:
-r, --regexp REGEXP search for basic regexp REGEXP instead of patterns --regex patterns are extended regexps You can use -r to provide a regexp pattern to locate:
locate -r /node$ The / ensures node is at the start of the file name. The $ ensures node is at the end of the file name. This will give you only the files matching the exact file name.
If you want to do a case-insensitive search (matches Node, NODE, nOdE, etc), add -i:
locate -i -r /node$ If locate does not support regexp, you can use grep (as mentioned by Iracicot):
locate node | grep /node$ locate -i node | grep -i /node$