[sf-lug] how to copy all but dot files

[Alex Kleider]

Just installed Ubuntu 18.04 on an old ThinkPad X301 and am tying to copy 
files from my Ubuntu 16.04 machine.
I'd like to exclude the dot files but how to get an expression that will 
do this?
...so I began composing an email asking the list how this could be done.
In the process of trying to ask the question in an appropriate format, I 
actually came up with a solution on my own.  I've decided to post it any 
way thinking it might help some one else or (perhaps more likely) it 
might prompt others more expert to offer a better way.

     rsync -av --exclude [.].+ user@<IP>:~/ <destination-directory>

-- 
Alex Kleider
(sent from my current gizmo)