Shell Programming and Scripting

#!/bin/bash
echo -e "enter filename string: \c "
read  word
echo "entered string: $word"

#here I need a list or something that holds the files that are available before the scp starts

#currently, this will only hold one file
for i in $(ls -t $word*.txt); do echo "scp $i" ; done

#below scp files based on string provided; important I want to type the pw by hand
scp $word*.txt DIR

#now rm only those files that have been copied
#more files will be created every second so it is important to only delete those that have been copied

#because i holds only one file, it only deletes that one, which is not what I want
echo "deleting $i" 
rm "$i"

files=$(find $word*.jpg)

scp -p $word*.jpg $login

for k in "$FILES"; do rm $k; done