What mod_rewrite rule will 301 redirect /example.html to /example?

Question

I would like to translate or 301-redirect urls such as:

www.domain.com/example.html to www.domain.com/example

Here are the current rewrite rules:

   RewriteEngine On
   RewriteBase /
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
   RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
   RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [QSA,L]
   RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 

Answer 1

Try RewriteRule (.+)\.html$ $1 [R=301]

Answer 2

Please try the following:

RewriteRule ^(.+)\.html$ $1 [R=301,L]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}.html -f
RewriteRule ^(.+)$ $1.html [L]