Question

I am trying to redirect following url …

www.example.com/test/test2/test3/file.html 

to www.example.com/change/file
what would be the .htaccess file as i have less idea in this.

Answer 1

Maybe this will work:

# Start the rewrite engine
RewriteEngine On
# Assume the base is root and there are no alias
RewriteBase /
# Prevent loops if the directory exists
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
# Make sure there is an html file in the URL and capture it's filename if so.    
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ([^/]+)\.html/?  [NC]
# Use only the filename as target directory.
RewriteRule .*  %1  [L,R=301]

Flags [L,R=301] mean is the last rule and it is a permanent redirection. Change to 302 if you want it to be temporal and remove the whole flag R=301 if you want a silent mapping.

UPDATED

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ([^/]+)\.html/?  [NC]
RewriteRule .*  change/%1  [R=301,L]

# Second rule set
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} ([^/]+)/?  [NC]
RewriteRule .*  %1/%1.html  [L]

Redirects permanently this

http://www.example.com/test/test2/test3/file.html to

http://www.example.com/change/file, with a silent map to

http://www.example.com/change/file/file.html