rsync -av -P --exclude "*.txt" n:./streams .
I am using this to download a directory that I'm streaming from hbr1.com with streamripper to my server. I do this because then I can save them some bandwidth by having a local copy.
This rsync command shows the progress of your download, and excludes the .txt files that I use to keep track of the progress.
The streamripper command I use is:
streamripper http://radio.hbr1.com:19800/ambient.ogg >& h.txt &
