Reply To: How to remove subdirectories using mod_rewrite in .htaccess

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I change my directory structure to:

Root (example.com)/
                         index.html
                         contact.html
                         privacy.html
                         disclaimer.html
                         routine/
                                         play-games.html
                                         do-exercise.html
                                         eat-food.html

I decided not to use RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(.[a-zA-Z0-9]{1,5}|/)$ anymore so how should I rewrite my code to perform these:

Address bar shows: example.com/play-games or example.com/play-games/
User sees: example.com/routine/play-games.html

Address bar shows: example.com/eat-food or example.com/eat-food/
User sees: example.com/routine/eat-food.html

etc…

As I’m still confused with when and how to use REQUEST_FILENAME and REQUEST_URI, I don’t know what sort of RewriteCond I should put in.

RewriteCond ?????
RewriteRule ^(.*)/?$ /routine/$1.htm [L]

And I would like to perform these as well:

Address bar shows: example.com/contact or example.com/contact/
User sees: example.com/contact.html

Address bar shows: example.com/privacy or example.com/privacy/
User sees: example.com/privacy.html

I know I have to do something extra but I just don’t know what conditions I should include. Please advise.

Appreciate your help in this. Thanks.