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Save as rewrite.php:
<html>
<body>
<?php
if($_GET['link'] == 1){
echo "not using mod_rewrite";
}
elseif($_GET['link'] == 2){
echo "works! using mod_rewrite";
}
?>
<a href="rewrite.php?link=1">Test 1</a> = rewrite.php?link=1<br>
<a href="link2.html">Test 2</a> = link2.html
</body>
</html>


Save as .htaccess in same folder:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^link([^/]*).html$ rewrite.php?link=$1 [L]