rsync the media directory from live site to local site. Useful when you need imagery which is (correctly) ignored by version control.

rsync_magento_media.sh

rsync \
    --verbose \
    --progress \
    --stats \
    --compress \
    --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh \
    --recursive \
    --times \
    --perms \
    --links \
    --owner \
    --group \
    --human-readable \
    --ignore-existing \
    --exclude "*.flv/" \
    --exclude "*.js/" \
    --exclude "*.css/" \
    --exclude "*.less/" \
    --exclude "css/" \
    --exclude "css_secure/" \
    --exclude "catalog/category/cache/" \
    --exclude "catalog/category/.cache/" \
    --exclude "catalog/product/cache/" \
    --exclude "import/" \
    --exclude "js/" \
    "user@123.123.123.123:/var/www/site/media/*" \
    /Users/Sites/site/media/