Only copy specific file extentions in folder rsync -a --include '*/' --include '*.mp3' --exclude '*' source/ target/ Speed up rsync over SSH without needed to change any configs. arcfour is faster, but no longer enabled by default meanwhile aes128-ctr is rsync -avhP -e "ssh -c aes128-ctr" /src/ user@ip:/dst/ rsync ssh with non standard port rsync -avhP -e "ssh -p number" /src/ user@ip:/dst/ rsync ssh with non standard port and show full progress