Techpository

Using ssh keys is always one of the safest ways to connect rsync through ssh.
Here is an alternate less secure way to use rsync when in a pinch.

Install expect

Run the following command:

expect -c ‘spawn rsync -e ssh -avz [email protected]:/pathonremoteserver/directory /localdirectory; expect “*?assword:*” {send “userpasswordr”; interact};’