rsync -avL --progress -e ssh -i ~/mykeypair.pem ~/Sites/my_site/* root@ec2-XX-XXX-XXX-XXX.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com:/var/www/html/

rsync -avz ~/Sites/mysite/* -e "ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub" root@ec2-XX-XXX-XXX-XXX.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com:/var/www/html/

ssh -i ~/path/mykeypair.pem
ubuntu@ec2-XX-XXX-XXX-XXX.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com

rsync -avL --progress -e "ssh -i /path/to/mykeypair.pem"
       ~/Sites/my_site/*
       root@ec2-XX-XXX-XXX-XXX.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com:/var/www/html/

rsync -av --progress -e ssh /folder1/folder2/* root@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/folder1/folder2

#!/bin/bash

RSYNC = /usr/bin/rsync

$RSYNC [options] [source] [destination]

ssh-keygen -t rsa

sudo rsync  -azvv -e "ssh -i /home/ubuntu/key-to-ec2.pem" ec2-user@xx.xxx.xxx.xx:/home/ec2-user/source/ /home/ubuntu/target/

nohup rsync -zravu --partial --progress  -e "ssh -i xxxx.pem" ubuntu@xx.xx.xx.xx:/mnt/data   /mnt2/ &

rsync -avz -e "ssh -i /path/to/key.pem" /path/to/file.txt  <username>@<ip/domain>:/path/to/directory/

rsync -avz -e "ssh -i /path/to/key.pem" <username>@<ip/domain>:/path/to/directory/file.txt  /path/to/directory/