echo "remove previous directory and any subdirectories without a warning prompt" ssh yourusername@yourdomain.com 'rm -rf /var/www/html/yourpublishingdirectory' echo "push new content into the remote directory" scp -r -vrC ../mydoc_outputs/doc-writers yourusername@yourdomain:/var/www/html/yourpublishingdirectory echo "All done pushing doc outputs to the server"