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user@host/var/www/files/file1.txt
user@host/var/www/files/file1f.txt
user@host/var/www/files/file2g.txt
etc
etc ....

user@host:var/www/files/file1.txt
         ^--- here be colon

for file in /var/www/files/file1.txt /var/www/files/file1f.txt /var/www/files/file2g.txt
do
   awk ' { 
    print "put " $0; 
   }' $file > sftp_batch.cntrl            # creating batch file.
   sftp -b sftp_batch.cntrl user@server_B # transferring using batch file
done

while read line
do
  file=${line##*:}
  filename=${file##*/}
  folder=${file%/*}
  echo scp $folder/$filename $line
done< list.txt

scp /var/www/files/file1.txt user@host:/var/www/files/file1.txt
scp /var/www/files/file1f.txt user@host:/var/www/files/file1f.txt
scp /var/www/files/file2g.txt user@host:/var/www/files/file2g.txt

while read line
do
  file=${line##*:}
  filename=${file##*/}
  folder=${file%/*}
  host=${str%:*}
  echo ssh $host mkdir -p $folder
  echo scp $folder/$filename $line
done< list.txt