rsyn over ssh and scp

scp-rsync-ssh.sh

# COPY  DIRECTORY /source/dir FROM myhost to /destination/dir on the localhost WITH THE SSH SHELL
rsync -avz -e "ssh"  user@myhost:/source/dir /destination/dir

### OPTIONS
# -a for archive mode (recursive, copys symlink, copys permissions, copys update times, preserves owner)
# -v for verbose (writes what it does)
# -z for compress while transfering

# SAME BUT WE EXCLUDE SOME FILES/DIR
rsync -avz -e "ssh" \
 --exclude "/adir/afile" \
 --exclude "secret.*"
 --exclude "anotherdir" \
   user@myhost:/source/dir /destination/dir

# SAME BUT WE INCLUDE ONLY A FEW FILES
rsync -avz  -e "ssh" \
 --exclude "*" \
 --include "onedir" \
 --include "patern.*" \
   user@myhost:/source/dir /destination/dir

# SAME BUT ON A CUSTOM (non default) SSH PORT
rsync -avz -e "ssh -p 12121" user@myhost:/source/dir /destination/dir


# WE CAN ALSO USE SCP TO COPY RECURSIVELY A DIRECTORY
scp -r /source/dir user@myhost:/destination/dir -P22