From: Rich Bowen
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host1.* [OR]
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host2.* [OR]
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host3.*
+RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host1 [OR]
+RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host2 [OR]
+RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host3
RewriteRule ...some special stuff for any of these hosts...
-RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla.*
+RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.max.html [L]
-RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Lynx.*
+RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Lynx
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.min.html [L]
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.std.html [L]
diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
index 50d475e4b45..69cc4826498 100644
--- a/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
+++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_rewrite.xml
@@ -747,9 +747,9 @@ RewriteRule ^index\.html$ newsite.html
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host1.* [OR]
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host2.* [OR]
-RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host3.*
+RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host1 [OR]
+RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host2 [OR]
+RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} ^host3
RewriteRule ...some special stuff for any of these hosts...
@@ -779,10 +779,10 @@ RewriteRule ...some special stuff for any of these hosts...
-RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla.*
+RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.max.html [L]
-RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Lynx.*
+RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Lynx
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.min.html [L]
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.std.html [L]