apache - .htaccess - redirect request to directory and any of it's files and subdirectories to single URL -

redirect /product/ , of it's files or subdirectories http://example.com without appending file, subdirectory or params it.

example:

http://example.com/something/product -> http://example.com

http://example.com/something/product/some-dir/ -> http://example.com

http://example.com/something/product/?foo=bar -> http://example.com

http://example.com/something/product/some-dir/some-file.html -> http://example.com

i've tried quite few rewriterule solutions i've found on stackoverflow (most of can found here) append subdirectories, files or params. example:

http://example.com/something/product/some-dir/ redirects http://example.com/some-dir

where i'd (and else under , including products) redirect http://example.com

here's example of 1 of .htaccess files tired failed:

rewriteengine on rewriterule ^products\/.+ http://example.com [nc,l] 

update

i've deleted .htaccess file on local machine i'm still getting redirects. have been changes made .htaccess file while testing weren't getting noticed? maybe 1 of solutions had have worked! 😱