RewriteRule redirect /pages/view/about to index.php?pages/view/about
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i've created a .httaccess file under my directory "codeIgniter"

I"m trying to redirect
[this is not a link]http://www.domain.com/codeIgniter/pages/view/about 
to
[this is not a link]http://www.domain.com/codeIgniter/index.php?pages/view/about


my current .httaccess file is 

RewriteEngine on +FollowSymLinks
RewriteRule ^codeIgniter/pages/(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/codeIgniter/index.php?pages/$1 [L]

but my page is not redirecting. How should i change my .httaccess file?