scp . secure transfer of files

commandline session

$ 4.2.20 22 169---> scp jeffrin@127.0.0.1:/home/jeffrin/wordmatch.c .
jeffrin@127.0.0.1's password:
wordmatch.c                                                                  100% 1343     1.3KB/s   00:00
$ 4.2.20 23 170--->