ubuntu 20.04 system behaving differently after a command input in terminal

Rigel

6/7/23, 5:27 AM

I was working in the terminal normally when, suddenly, I don't know what happened, I typed an incorrect command mv Desktop/ C, and my system started to respond differently.

I tried to give it a reboot and, after that, all of my directories (e.g. Documents, Desktop, Download, Videos, Pictures) disappeared. I tried another reboot, and, after booting up, I saw that all of the previously disappeared directories reappeared on my desktop.

However, after that my system started behaving like it was freshly installed on my laptop. Like my Chrome was signed out automatically, ~4GB of data from my hard drive was removed without any notification, I was welcomed with the screen like we get when we install and reboot Ubuntu for the first time. I mean this screen: like this

And my terminal color also changed, like this:

Please help me with getting my Ubuntu system back to normal.

0 + 0

command-line

dual-boot

gnome-terminal

20.04

David

6/7/23, 7:47 AM

You do know what the mv command does? You moved some important files.

Someone

6/7/23, 9:11 AM

`/Desktop` directory is not at all important and moving it should do no harm. Seems like you have removed `~/.config` directory. But we don't know what you exactly did as you said ran a command "something like". Please edit to add the exact commands. Moreover, the icon theme suggests that you are using an old version of Ubuntu which is off-topic here.

Glubbdrubb

6/7/23, 12:05 PM

You can see what your last few commands are by typing `history` in the terminal.

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