Remove html extension from url using mod rewrite

Question

I have used mod rewrite to change this url:

http://example.com/first.php?second=third

To:

http://example.com/third.html

Using this:

RewriteRule ^([^/]*)\.html$ /first.php?second=$1 [L]

How can I remove the .html file extension?

Answer 1

RewriteRule ^([^\.]+)$ $1.html [NC,L]