Includes and excludes in rsync

rsync_examples.sh

set -eux

# Copies whole src dir into dest
rsync -avz src dest/

# Copies content of src dir into dest
rsync -avz src/ dest/

# Copies all files/directories except those specified exactly or with wildcard
rsync -avz --exclude='.gitignore' --exclude='*csv' --exclude='d2' src/ dest/

# Copies only .txt files
# Includes all directories, includes .txt files, then excludes all else
rsync -avz --include='*/' --include='*txt' --exclude='*' src/ dest/

# Copies nothing
# Order of arguments matters. This excludes all files at the start
# and so nothing is copied
rsync -avz --exclude='*' --include='*/' --include='*txt' src/ dest/