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...r, and when one matches the tests end, and whether it is --include or --exclude determines if that file is included or excluded. So I have on my server a big file tree. I want to use rsync to download only the PDF files, which make up a small portion of that tree. So I try it this way: rsync -aHPvz --include '*.pdf' --exclude '**' user@host:<source> <destination> which gives me nothing. For reference, I try: rsync -aHPvz --include '*.pdf' user@host:<source> <destination> which starts downloading other files. That confirms that the default...