On 03/07/2015 06:32 AM, David Sommerseth wrote:
>> From: "ToddAndMargo" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: "SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: 7. March 2015 05:40:43
>> Subject: Re: need rsync exclude help
>>
>>>      --exclude='{wine-*,wine-1.7.24}' /home/CDs/Linux /mnt/MyCDs/.
>>>
>> I am not real certain that the {} thingy works correctly.
>> Anyway, I only needed 'wine-*'
> That seems redundant in this case.  You can always test such expansions using 'echo'
>
>    $ echo {wine-*,wine-1.7.24}
>    wine-* wine-1.7.24
>    $ echo wine-{1.7.24,package-1.2.3}
>    wine-1.7.24 wine-package-1.2.3
>

But note no expansion occurs by the shell when surrounded by single quotes:

$ echo -exclude='{wine-*,wine-1.7.24}'
-exclude={wine-*,wine-1.7.24}

Rsync may do something with the braces, but not the shell, in this case.