Rsync over SSH Examples

• Basic rsync with SSH : bash rsync -avz -e "ssh" /path/to/local/dir user@remote_host:/path/to/remote/dir

• Specifying SSH port : bash rsync -avz -e "ssh -p 2222" /path/to/local/dir user@remote_host:/path/to/remote/dir

• Syncing a single file : bash rsync -avz -e "ssh" /path/to/local/file.txt user@remote_host:/path/to/remote/dir

• Syncing a directory w/ progress :

rsync --progress -avz -e "ssh" /path/to/local/directory user@remote_host:"/Volumes/Can Contain Spaces/Some Subdirectory"

• Dry run (simulate transfer) : bash rsync -avz --dry-run -e "ssh" /path/to/local/dir user@remote_host:/path/to/remote/dir

Replace /path/to/local/dir , user@remote_host:/path/to/remote/dir , and 2222 with your local directory path, remote user and host with the remote directory path, and your SSH port if it's not the default (22), respectively.