using htaccess to remove trailing characters

I'd like to use htaccess to remove trailing characters

[Ammalgam]

Frustrating because it seems like it should be simple.

Client had a data snafu and a lot of merged pages in Wordpress.

domain.com/king-2
domain.com/king

are the same page.

Client wants to redirect all the -2 pages to the non -2 pages

So:

domain.com/king-2 -> domain.com/king

How could i use .htaccess to set up a rule to do this for all -2 pages?

We have deleted the -2 pages but obviously they will now give 404 errors for Google, hence the urgent need for the 301 redirect.

Thanks...

[g1smd]

What have you tried so far? This needs a one-line RewriteRule to fix things up.

[Ammalgam]

RewriteRule ^(.*)-2$ [domain.com...] [L,R=301]

It didnt work for me...

[g1smd]

It should have worked. Rule order was most likely the problem. This should go before all other redirects.

The rule can also be tidied by replacing (.*) with a more specific pattern.

Use example.com in this forum.

[Ammalgam]

RewriteRule ^(.*)-2$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

This was the very first line of .htaccess and still didn't work.

[Ammalgam]

So

http://www.example.com/2011/02/22/microfgfg-strategy-for-fgfg-windows-on-tablets-is-criticized-2/

is not redirecting to

http://www.example.com/2011/02/22/microfgfg-strategy-for-fgfg-windows-on-tablets-is-criticized

[Ammalgam]

aaah fixed

RewriteRule ^(.*)-2/$ http://www.example.com/$1 [L,R=301]

The slash after -2 was missing

THANKS!

[lucy24]

... and all g1 did was sit back quietly while you figured it out yourself. Wasn't that satisfying? :)

[Ammalgam]

In a bizarre way it was...

That's terrifying...

:-)

[g1smd]

If some requests have a slash and others do not, use

-2/?$

or similar.

Using

(.*)

is bad. See if you can replace it with something more efficient.

[Ammalgam]

They all have the slash so it works as is.

This forum kicks a$$

[Gaurang]

I have problem with removing trailing slash:

I have pages like:

mydomain.com/abc.php/ which i have resolved with following .htaccess code:

Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine on

# Remove trailing slashes.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?mydomain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ [mydomain.com...] [R=301,L]

but there are also some pages such as:

mydomain.com/abc.php/xyz.php
mydomain.com/erd.php/yte.php
mydomain.com/abc.php/yte.php

which needs to redirect to mydomain.com

Can anyone help me out to resolve this problem?

[g1smd]

You don't need the RewriteCond with that rule.

You should test the rule by requesting a real folder on your server (perhaps /images/ or similar). You'll likely find an infinite redirect loop. The rule pattern should likely include \.php to ensure it does not match requests for real folders.

In your additional new rules for the other URLs you mentioned, the pattern will change from (.*) to instead match the exact requested path.

Use example.com in this forum.

[Gaurang]

Hi g1smd,

Can you please explain in detail that what kind of changes require to modify my .htaccess.

My website has all static pages.

Which code should i place here:

# Remove trailing slashes.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?example\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ http://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]