Oh dear

[robo44]

Hi all I was messing around with terminal earlier as I could not empty the trash. I don't know what I have done but all my desktop folders have disappeared. If I search the hard drive the folders are empty ie desktop documents etc. is there anything I can do to get them back ?
Thanks in advance.

 

[redheeler]

That's why it's never a good idea to mess around in Terminal unless you know what you're doing. If you were using the rm command the files/folders could be permanently deleted.

For future reference, to delete all files in the trash through Terminal, press Command-A while in the Trash folder and drag them over to Terminal after typing the rm -rf command.

 

[poiihy]

Do you remember exactly what you did?

If they are actually deleted then the only thing you can do is use some data recovery program.