Need help with format.

[ap-coder]

When i add this redirect it does not work when the redirect is hit with a trailing slash but without it works fine.
'/portfolio-items/code-product-accessories/' => '/products/accessories',

also tried to use a wildcard and it does not work.
'/portfolio-items/*' => '/products',

Can you please tell me how to get wild card formatted to work as well as how i can get redirects with trailing slashes to work?

thank you in advance