[Linux](EN) Change port in rsync

Use different port not 22 in rsync

Environment and Prerequisite

• Linux
• Bash shell(/bin/bash)
• rsync

rsync

Method

• Use -e option
• All of the examples below are written to use port 2222

-e 'ssh -p 2222'

In case when use IP address or domain

• Format

rsync -e 'ssh -p 2222' [target file or directory] [user]@[IP address or domain]:[destination]

• Example

rsync -e 'ssh -p 2222' test.txt twpower@192.168.1.2:~/test.txt

In case when use ~/.ssh/config file

• Format

Host test_host
    ...
    Port 2222
    ...

rsync [target file or directory] [host name]:[destination]

• Example

rsync test.txt test_host:~/test.txt

Reference

• [Linux](EN) Copy file or directory to local or remote using rsync
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4549945/is-it-possible-to-specify-a-different-ssh-port-when-using-rsync
• https://linux.die.net/man/1/rsync