moved forum to root from /forum/ how to 301 redirect?

I have moved my forum to root from /forum/ and I understand this may be extremely obvious and im almost there but how to do this exactly? I need to redirect all pages to the new location in root...
Currently I am using redirect 301 /forum/ http://www.kaohsiungliving.org/
in .htaccess and it almost works but misses out the forward flash / before /discussion folder. Example.
http://www.kaohsiungliving.orgdiscussion/715/question-what-would-you-think-of-a-counselling-service-for-ex-pats/p1?p=discussion/715/question-what-would-you-think-of-a-counselling-service-for-ex-pats/p1
As you can see "www.kaohsiungliving.orgdiscussion/" no "/" before discussion This is probably an extremely easy thing to do, and I have googled away but have only found partial success.
Please help
Answers
grep is your friend.
doesnt work - still no "/" before discussion folder. Redirects conversations without the "/" look closely at the redirected discussion url below:
http://www.kaohsiungliving.orgdiscussion/715/question-what-would-you-think-of-a-counselling-service-for-ex-pats/p1?p=discussion/715/question-what-would-you-think-of-a-counselling-service-for-ex-pats/p1
@x00 thank you so much! its working like vanilla! one question though, what kind of redirect is this? I should be using 301, I think?
to redirect all uri
another way
grep is your friend.
Damn it! now its adding "/?p=forum/" before /discussion hence not redirecting properly. Example below.
http://www.kaohsiungliving.org/?p=forum/discussion/710/native-american-english-teacher-looking-for-afternoon-evening-cram-school/p1
show the whole .htacess contents. Use <pre> tags. You have most like got thing in the wrong order.
grep is your friend.
thank you for your time!
its missing parts of the .htaccess above, ill try pasting again:
this ^ is exactly how my .htaccess looks.
using
RedirectMatch 301 ^/forum/(.*) http://www.kaohsiungliving.org/$1
i get a double up of the discussion url - for example:http://www.kaohsiungliving.org/discussion/648/short-term-high-pay-public-teaching-position-in-china/p1?p=forum/discussion/648/short-term-high-pay-public-teaching-position-in-china/p1
again - its almost there im so close...why has it duplicated the discussion part of the url?
been trying to get this working for 3 hours now with only partial success...
I have a solution. Vanilla routes.
First comment out the RedirectMatch in .htaccess
then go to dashboard/routes -> Add Route
Route Expression:
forum(/.*)
Target:
$1
Type:
Permanent 301
Done!
Yes it is internal conflict of interest to answer your question.
grep is your friend.
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!! If i wasnt a raging HETROSEXUAL - I would give you a big kiss!!
6 hours of PAIN come to an end!
Can you share what worked for you?