On Thu 18 May 2017, Thorsten Glaser wrote: > Now run this: > > remote$ touch ./-zT.mp4 > local$ mkdir test > local$ cd test > local$ rsync -zavPH --numeric-ids -S --stats '--rsh=ssh -T' $remote:\*4 . > > Expected: the “-zT.mp4” file is transferred. > > Actual: the whole home directory of $remote, including subdirectories > and everything, is transferred.
Please try again with the --protect-args option, which is meant for such situations. BTW, why specify '--rsh=ssh -T', what's wrong with the default? Paul