Redirect multiple files in htaccess

301 redirect using wildcards

[cybertime]

How to redirect using wildcards?

I have changed the names of 10 files and the extensions - html to htm - and wanted to use wildcards in htaccess... Is there a method of 301 redirect wherein a single line using wildcards can be written which while redirecting to the new files, i.e cafe.html to cafe.htm.

Is this the right way?

Redirect 301 /.*.html /.*.htm

Thanks.

[jdMorgan]

cybertime,

Sure -- See RedirectMatch [httpd.apache.org] in Apache mod_alias.

Jim

[cybertime]

Thank you jdMorgan.

One more question, if I may,

Is there a way to exclude a file i.e the index file was index.html now index.htm?

My web address now shows as www.domain.com/index.htm instead of www.domain.com.

Does it matter to search engines/robots if the address defaults to www.domain.com/index.htm instead of www.domain.com?

Thank you.

[cybertime]

I contacted my host and was advise to add the following line to the .htaccess file.

DirectoryIndex index.htm