# I'm clueless about .htaccess rewrites

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/im-clueless-about-htaccess-rewrites/210717>\
**Category:** NGINX\
**Created:** [August 15, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/im-clueless-about-htaccess-rewrites/210717 "2011-08-15T20:14:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 8:14pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/im-clueless-about-htaccess-rewrites/210717/1 "2011-08-15T20:14:22Z")

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I’ve got a script and the rewrites are kicking my butt

RewriteEngine on

RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_URI} /([0-9a-z]{1,9})$ [NC]  
RewriteRule ^(.\*) [http://URL/?%1](http://URL/?%251)

RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_FILENAME} -s [OR]  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_FILENAME} -l [OR]  
RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_FILENAME} -d  
RewriteRule ^.\*$ - [NC,L]

–  
–C

“The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they’re going to  
be when you kill them.” - Sir William Clayton

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**Author:** ![chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 5:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/im-clueless-about-htaccess-rewrites/210717/2 "2011-08-16T05:15:02Z")

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On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Chris [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> RewriteCond %{REQUEST\_FILENAME} -d  
> RewriteRule ^.\*$ - [NC,L]

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**Author:** ![chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 8:43am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/im-clueless-about-htaccess-rewrites/210717/3 "2011-08-16T08:43:26Z")

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Resolved it since it was Apache .htaccess rewrites by doing a reverse  
proxy

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**Author:** ![chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/958977/32.png) [@chris](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/im-clueless-about-htaccess-rewrites/210717/4 "2011-08-16T20:47:15Z")

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Try [http://www.anilcetin.com/convert-apache-htaccess-to-nginx/](http://www.anilcetin.com/convert-apache-htaccess-to-nginx/) . Its  
good at converting rewrites but converting other stuff can be a bit  
buggy.

–  
omega13a  
Owner and Founder of UFT  
[http://www.fedtrek.com](http://www.fedtrek.com)