I am new to Linux & was running some random commands to experiment in terminal (Ubuntu-18.04 LTS) & by mistake I deleted my home directory.
The command I executed is shown in the screenshot of my history below. It was
rm -r /home/dawn
Now all my files are gone, as well as the default folders such as Pictures, Desktop, Screenshots, etc & my desktop screen has turned dark black.
When I tried to open the files icon, it's giving me an error.
Can anyone help me on this?
If you lost some important data try to recover with 'testdisc'.
If no important data is lost and you can boot. Go to settings>Details>Users unlock and add another user with Administrative powers, set password and login again or reboot. Login as new user from there you can delete the previous user.
I wonder why you did it.
If your account was new (without any important/personal files) just re-create your home:
Copy fresh user base files and change its ownership:
sudo cp -r /etc/skel $HOME
sudo chown `id -u`.`id -g` $HOME
Or:
sudo mkhomedir_helper $USER
Log user again to GUI, your additional dirs will be recreated (Desktop, Pictures etc. - according to /etc/xdg/user-dirs*).
