rsync to copy specific files
 

Hi friends!
I'm trying to copy all my jpg files to another folder.
I'm using the following instruction:

rsync -r -n -t -v --progress --ignore-existing --include=*.jpg --exclude * /Users/me/Documents/ /Users/me/Desktop/

The problem is that it is copying the pictures in the "root" folder, it does not search and copy the recursive folders. There are several directories below the original folder.

-r is supposed to make the search recursive, but I can't find what is missing.

Thanks in advance!

It looks like your exclude expression is excluding everything which includes directories. So there's no tree to go through.

Try explicitly including directories with;

rsync -r -n -t -v --progress --ignore-existing --include=*.jpg --include=*/ --exclude=* /Users/me/Documents/ /Users/me/Desktop/

I think that scp would be better for this purpose.

Entering a directory and issuing scp *.jpg [user]@[target address]:[target path] would copy all the *.jpg files from the source directory to the target directory.

You can also scp -r a directory.

More about scp: http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_scp.htm

You can add the -a option and it will copy recursively.

Thanks to all. I'll try them today and post the results.

Have a great day.

rsync some file types
 

Hello Friends
Here is the situation (of course I've google it)

I have several backups of my files in many external HD.
I just want to recover some kind of files: (pictures, music, spreadsheets etc).
I want to put all of these files in a single directory. I'm trying to use rsync but I'd like rsync to:
-Copy just some kind of files (jpg, mp3, etc)
-Put them all in a single directory. One option is running the script in a per file type basis, so I put all the mp3 in one folder, all the jpg in others
- Make backups of files with the same name. For example if 3 files are named x.doc, then save each with a different name x1.doc, x2.doc and so on. (is this possible?)

- If it is possible, I'd like to move the files in stead of copying them.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Why not just 'find /some/path -type f -iname \*.ogg -print0 | xargs -0 -iX mv 'X' /some/other/path;'?

Thanks unspawn!
I've tried. The problem is that it automatically replaces same name files.
As many files have the same name, is there any argument to make backups?

Depends on your version of mv. The info here is for a version that does support backup with -b or --backup[=CONTROL]

One last question, how is backup[=CONTROL] used?

Can't find it in the manual. backup[=CONTROL] serialises the backups?

Thanks!

The info at the bottom of that page is for the version control: