Copying files

[Robert Jakob]

Hi,

is it possible to copy a whole directory tree without the hidden files 
(aka .-files)
Small example

- dir1
     | - .svn
     | - dir2
     | - dir3
          | - file1
          | - file2
     | - file1
     | - file2
     | - file3

Now I want to copy dir1 to remote system.
How do I exclude .svn directories?
There is a possibility to give a pattern.
I entered
[^\.]*
but this did not work.

Best regards
    Robert