Download files from Google Drive with filter on name

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I am trying to download thousands of files from a directory on Drive. Moreover, I need to apply a filter on the name: just the files containing Vv. I tried the following command:

rclone copy drive_name:direcotry_name . --include *Vv.expansion --verbose.

But after 30 minutes, I keep getting:

Transferred:   	         0 / 0 Bytes, -, 0 Bytes/s, ETA -
Errors:                 0
Checks:                 0 / 0, -
Transferred:            0 / 0, -

Am I doing something wrong?

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You are matching files which end in the string Vv.expansion is that what you wanted? If want files which have Vv anywhere in them then you want

--include "Vv"

Can you give an example of the file name that you want to match?

Note also that you can test this with

rclone ls --fast-list drive_name:direcotry_name --include "*Vv.expansion"

Which will give you a much quicker idea as to whether you've got the filter right.