Prerequisites

First make sure that you are able to login to the remote host using ssh key authentication.

Basic Syntax

To sync files from a local directory to a remote directory use the following syntax:

rsync {options} -e ssh {source} {dest}

Example

Here is an example that exclude all .psd and .fla files:

rsync --exclude *.psd \
        --exclude *.fla \
        -avz -e ssh /local/dir/ user@remotehost:/remote/dir/

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