killall Finder

[msw123307]

I was trying to use the terminal to view hidden files. I noticed one of the commands was killall Finder. I quit the terminal after entering this. I'm new to Mac and don't really know much about using terminal.

My question is, have I dont harm to my computer, how can I reset what I've done? I tried to research what killall finder does, but couldn't figure it out. It seems harmless, because a lot of commands I'm finding use it, but since I didn't complete the command I'm not sure what I need to do.

Also, when I did enter the killall finder command, it brought up some random folder. I tried this again by just typing in killall finder, and it again just brought up the same folder, which I found odd.

The command was something like..

Show:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

Hide:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
killall Finder


and I believe I stopped after the first killall finder because honestly, I didn't know what I was doing by typing that in. But I did type it in again..so what I think I did was..

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

closed terminal

opened terminal..

killall Finder

 

[robbieduncan]

killall Finder just kills all current running processes called Finder. It has no permanent effect.