rsync exclude hidden files doesnt work!

I’ve searched all over the internet and everybody suggests the same thing - that adding --exclude=´.*´ should exclude hidden files and folders from an rsync. It doesn’t. I´ve also tried adding a slash and/or double quotes eg. --exclude=¨\.*¨ Nothing seems to work. AGH!! Would really appreciate some help.

Solution 1:

Both versions you are showing are wrong. You need to use double quotes. The following works and excludes hidden files and directories:

--exclude=".*"

If you only want to exclude hidden directories:

--exclude=".*/"

Solution 2:

I use this expression: --exclude=".[!.]*"

Does the job well for me excluding hidden files and directories.

Solution 3:

Open a text file exclude_me.txt and type the following: .[a-z]*

Then execute the following:

rsync -avh --exclude-from='exclude_me.txt' /path/of/Source /path/of/Destination