php - rewrite 301 redirect rules to move everything up a category -

is possible create reqrite rule move category:

example:

from:

/category/second-category/product-name.html

/category/second-category/third-category/product-name.html

to:

/second-category/product-name.html

/second-category/third-category/product-name.html

i've changed structure around , need add 501 redirects , know how per 1 , done fancy doing 200+

thanks in advance

you can use rule in root .htaccess:

redirectmatch 301 ^/(?:cat1|cat2|cat5)/(.+?\.html)$ /$1