help with a script (fedora)

hi there,
i am trying to make a script in which i can drag a file (with spaces in file name :p) and it will scp the file to another computer

my code is

echo "--------------------------------------------"
echo "drag file now"
echo "--------------------------------------------"
read "file"
echo "$file"
v="scp ""$file"" prince:/home/prince"
echo $v
$v
echo "press any key and hit enter to terminate"
read buffer

i am getting

[root@localhost lucifer]# '/home/lucifer/Scripts/fast_scp.sh' 
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------
drag file now
--------------------------------------------
'/home/lucifer/Downloads/Oasis - Wonderwall (Tyler Ward Acoustic Cover).webm' 
'/home/lucifer/Downloads/Oasis - Wonderwall (Tyler Ward Acoustic Cover).webm'
scp '/home/lucifer/Downloads/Oasis - Wonderwall (Tyler Ward Acoustic Cover).webm' prince:/home/prince
root@prince's password: 
'/home/lucifer/Downloads/Oasis: No such file or directory
-: No such file or directory
Wonderwall: No such file or directory
(Tyler: No such file or directory
Ward: No such file or directory
Acoustic: No such file or directory
Cover).webm': No such file or directory
press any key and hit enter to terminate
s
[root@localhost lucifer]# 

any body please help me out to get this going, i am kinda noob in shell scripting.

try the below

 
v="\"scp ""$file"" prince:/home/prince\""

Try this code

echo "--------------------------------------------"
echo "drag file now"
echo "--------------------------------------------"
read "file"
echo "$file"
v=`scp -r "$file" root@prince:/home/prince`
echo $v
echo "press any key and hit enter to terminate"
read buffer

@sundar

 
-r                  Recursively copies entire directories.

here the lucifer is having the problem with the file which has the space in the name

Didnt Notice that one