This example show how to rsync files over ssh running the rsync on the destination host:
rsync -avz -e ssh remote_user@remote_host:/remote/dir /local/dir/
in this case you’d have to enter remote_user password. If you are running rsync on a regular basis, create ssh keys with no password and copy public key to the .ssh/authorized_keys file on the remote user you are connecting as on the remote host.
You can also copy multiple files or directories from the destination host:
rsync -avz -e ssh remote_host:/remote_dir/file1 remote_dir2/file2 /local/dir
Meaning of options used (from rsync man page):
-a, –archive archive mode; same as -rlptgoD (no -H)
-z, –compress compress file data during the transfer
-v, –verbose increase verbosity
-e, –rsh=COMMAND specify the remote shell to use
