update script to handle aliases exact and partial

food-tracking/scripts/food_items.py

@@ -51,6 +51,15 @@ def cmd_get(args):
     coll, client = get_collection()
     query = {}
     if args.name:
+        # Try exact match first (name or any alias), then regex fallback
+        name_lower = args.name.lower()
+        exact = coll.find_one({"$or": [
+            {"name": name_lower},
+            {"aliases": name_lower},
+        ]})
+        if exact:
+            query["_id"] = exact["_id"]
+        else:
             query["$or"] = [
                 {"name": {"$regex": args.name, "$options": "i"}},
                 {"aliases": {"$regex": args.name, "$options": "i"}},