> https://example.com/search?searchword=CVE-2021-4014&Search=
>
> I've tried the following RewriteCond/RewriteRule in various forms, but not
> sure what I'm doing wrong.
>
> RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} ^searchword=(.*)
> RewriteRule ^ q=$1 [NC,L]
>
> Ideas for what I'm doing wrong would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Is the query parameter case sensitive? That’d be important for RewriteCond
to know. Also, isn’t that the “starts with” operator, ^? What if the
parameter comes second? A bit verbose, but:
^.*searchword=(\w{1})[&]{0,1}.*$
