Spaces in substitution

[PaulMC Profile]

I'm struggling with a situation where we have a number of legacy files with spaces in their filename (e.g. 'Test page.pdf'). Unfortunately due to their age and the history we cannot rename them! I'm attempting to re-write a new name to the old file so:
# Helicon ISAPI_Rewrite configuration file
# Version 3.1.0.98
RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/a1file.pdf /Test%20Page.pdf [NC,R=301,L]

but the output is incorrect, the browser is reporting the Requested URL: /Test0Page.pdf

Tried adding NE to the flags but reports exactly the same

Your help would be appreciated

Thanks

[HeliconAndrew]

Hello,

Try using :

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RewriteRule ^/a1file.pdf /Test\%20Page.pdf [NC,R=301,L]

Regards
Andrew

[PaulMC Profile]

Andrew,
Thanks for this - it didn't quite work but did put me on the route to sorting it out

Doing as ou suggested the browser (Firefox 18.0.2) was attempting to access 'Test%2520Page.pdf'

Adding the NE flag to your solution worked though e.g.

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RewriteRule ^/a1file.pdf /Test\%20Page.pdf [NC,R=301,L,NE]

Thanks for your assistance

Paul