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dots and question marks are special characters in regular expressions ... meaning you skipped the introduction (see links below)

Also I don't think "Redirect" takes a regular expression ... docs explain this

Try stackoverflow without the "perl" tag as apache/mod-rewrite isn't perl at all

Example http://stackoverflow.com/questions/877736/301-redirect-index-html-to-or-index-php

See also Re: mod_rewrite VS SSI VS your better idea (meaningful urls)
mod_rewrite: A Beginner's Guide to URL Rewriting
mod_rewrite Tutorial for Absolute Beginners
Apache Server Mod Rewrite Tips, Tricks and Forum Modrewrite.com
mod_rewrite - Apache HTTP Server
mod_alias - Apache HTTP Server

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In reply to Re: rewriting of URIs (mod_rewrite mod_alias) by Anonymous Monk
in thread rewriting of URIs by gkbk

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