A Friend Was Working On My Mac Pro And Now Every File On The Computer Shows

A friend was using the Mac Pro to look at a disc, and he said he went into Terminal. Now, every file on the computer shows. He hasn't gotten back to me, and it's a little annoying, seeing ALL the faded envelopes with minus signs, and extra files. I hope this makes sense. I know he went into Terminal, and it had something to do with Finder and show all, or something. Any help is appreciated.

Open the Script Editor in the /Applications/AppleScript/ folder and run the following:
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles 0"
Click on the Finder in the Dock with the Control and Option keys held down and choose Relaunch. Some third-party utility software will also do this.
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