How to undo or delete Terminal command?

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How to undo or delete Terminal command?

Hello

In short I entered some command in Terminal, and I had some problems with my device, so I want to undo or delete these command.

These are the command that I entered:

sudo killall ACCFinderSync “Core Sync” AdobeCRDaemon “Adobe Creative” AdobeIPCBroker node “Adobe Desktop Service” “Adobe Crash Reporter”

sudo rm -rf “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/SLCache/” “/Library/Application Support/Adobe/SLStore/” “/Library/Caches/.”* “/private/tmp/zx”* “~/Library/Preferences/Adobe/.”*

Please help me

thank you

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Jan 30, 2020 11:17 PM

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Crynay

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Jan 31, 2020 1:16 AM in response to ilmoch

There is no undo for Terminal commands - these give you full control of the system. In other words, you should know what they do before using them.

The first one ends the programs/services related to your Adobe programs, similar to quitting them if they were normal apps. Restarting the computer should restart those.

The second one removes temporary files/folders and settings for Adobe applications. There is no getting those back - you'll have to need to create your settings again or restored them from a Time Machine backup if you have one.

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VikingOSX

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Jan 31, 2020 4:42 AM in response to ilmoch

Never perform a Terminal command, especially those escalated by sudo, where you do not understand the consequences of the command sequence. Discovering, and applying Terminal commands from web searches, does not necessarily mean that they are syntactically correct, apply to your specific circumstance, or remain risk free.

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How to undo or delete Terminal command?

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