Copy remote folders with content recursively

The following command copies the content of ~/path/to/ in the remote server to the current folder .:

$ rsync -Pra user@remote-server:~/path/to/* .

Selective sync

Copying files with *.vtu extension only:

$ rsync -Pra --include="*/" --include="*.vtu" --exclude="*"  user@remote-server:~/path/to/* .