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Asked: June 18, 20262026-06-18T04:52:23+00:00 2026-06-18T04:52:23+00:00

trying to rsync files of certain extension(*.sh), but the bash script below still transfer

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trying to rsync files of certain extension(*.sh), but the bash script below still transfer all the files, why?

from=/home/xxx
rsync -zvr --include="*.sh" $from/*  root@$host:/home/tmp/
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    2026-06-18T04:52:24+00:00Added an answer on June 18, 2026 at 4:52 am

    You need to add a –exclude all and it has to come after the –include

    rsync -zvr --include="*.sh" --exclude="*" $from/*  root@$host:/home/tmp/
    
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