htaccess subdirectory URLS to root

Question

I want to redirect all files in a subdirectory to their new root URL.

Old URLS are

www.domain.com/subdirectory/filename-here.html

New location is

www.domain.com/filename.here.html

Old URLs are listed in Google already and need some sort of redirect for these. I'm sure htaccess is the way to go here, but unsure of the solution.

vmeln · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-05T08:26:42.910

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule %{REQUEST_URI} ^/subdirectory/.*
RewriteRule subdirectory/(.*)$ /$1 [R=301,L]

Tested on here. If it would not work - add shielding to [^/] in this way: [^\/]

edited Mar 05 '13 at 08:26

answered Mar 04 '13 at 19:57

vmeln

Almost perfect... links that are in a subdirectory also get's redirected to root. E.g. www.domain.com/subdirectory/subdirectory2/filename.html should be www.domain.com/subdirectory2/file.html Possible? – René Sejling Mar 04 '13 at 20:06
You want to remove only one subdirectory? – vmeln Mar 04 '13 at 21:04
Yes please, I would like that :) – René Sejling Mar 05 '13 at 08:21

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