copying files from many directories to one using rsync

Question

Is it possible to copy files from various subdirectories to one single directory. For example I have a structure that looks like:

+ dir1
  + file1.ext
  + file2.ext
+ dir2
  + file3.ext
  + file4.ext
  + subdir
     +dontwanttocopy.ext

Currently I am using the following command

find "//mysourcepathdirectory/" -maxdepth 2 -type f -name "*.ext" -exec rsync -vr -e ssh {} user@server:/mypath/videos/ \;

This command of course cause me to log repeatedly to the server. I would like a command that require me to login only one time. I am using an SSH key to avoid the pain but something is telling me that this is not the right approach. I would like to use rsync because only a few files will change over time. Also I would like to avoid copying files in subdirectories below my main path (e.g., subdir in the example above)

Answer 1

Yes, there is rsync command with -r (recursive copy) option.

rsync -r /path/in/source/dir*/*.ext /path/to/destination

You could even use --exclude option to exclude sub-directories and directories structures.

rsync -rv --exclude='*/' /path/in/source/dir*/ /path/to/destination/

Or with sub-directories:

rsync -rv --exclude='*/*' /path/in/source/dir*/ /path/to/destination/

You could also use scp command as well

scp -r /path/in/source/dir*/*.ext /path/to/destination