301 on certain url string

[omega]

I have a few thousand old urls with the string /content/ in them and are looking for a way to 301 batch redirect them. So for all the urls that contain the word 'content' I would like to redirect to 1 specific page. I have tried the methods below without success. Regular 301's are working fine but this particular method is not working for me. I am running a Joomla site but I don't imagine that would have any impact. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Redirect 301 ^content/.*$ http://www.mysite.com

Redirect 301 ^content/ http://www.mysite.com

[Adam.Whittles]

Try this:

RedirectMatch 301 ^/content/.*$ http://www.mysite.com

I think that should work. Let me know if you have any problems.

Adam.

[omega]

fantastic! worked a treat, thankyou