Sync two folders with commands in Linux

rsync -av --exclude='.git/' --exclude='*.*~' --include='*.org' /home/zw/code/org/ ~/code/siemens/org --delete

• It puts folder /code/org ’s content into folder /code/siemens/org.

• useful options

  • -a Do the sync preserving all filesystem attributes
  • -v run verbosely
  • –delete delete the files in target folder that do not exist in the source.

• It could also sync two folders across different hosts

  rsync -av --exclude='.git/' --exclude='*.*~' --include='*.org' ~/code/my-site/content tester1@134.244.221.41:/home/tester1/my-site/content --delete
  

• see: How to Use Rsync to Sync New or Changed/Modified Files in Linux