{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "PREV",
    "section": "1mh",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PREV/1mh/json",
    "generated": "2026-11-08T05:44:04Z",
    "synopsis": "prev [-help] [-version] [+folder] [-showproc program] [-showmimeproc program] [-header | -no‐\nheader] [-checkmime | -nocheckmime] [switches for showproc or showmimeproc]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "prev - show the previous nmh message\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "prev [-help] [-version] [+folder] [-showproc program] [-showmimeproc program] [-header | -no‐\nheader] [-checkmime | -nocheckmime] [switches for showproc or showmimeproc]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "prev  performs  a  show  on  the previous message in the specified (or current) folder.  Like\nshow, it passes any switches on to the program named by showproc or  showmimeproc,  which  is\ncalled  to list the message.  This command is almost exactly equivalent to “show prev”.  Con‐\nsult the manual entry for show(1) for all the details.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "$HOME/.mhprofile          The user profile\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "PROFILE COMPONENTS": {
            "content": "Path:                To determine the user's nmh directory\nCurrent-Folder:      To find the default current folder\nshowproc:            Program to show non-MIME messages\nshowmimeproc:        Program to show MIME messages\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "next(1), show(1)\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DEFAULTS": {
            "content": "`+folder' defaults to the current folder\n`-checkmime'\n`-header'\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "CONTEXT": {
            "content": "If a folder is specified, it will become the current  folder.   The  message  that  is  shown\n(i.e., the previous message in sequence) will become the current message.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "BUGS": {
            "content": "prev  is really a link to the show program.  As a result, if you make a link to prev and that\nlink is not called prev, your link will act like show instead.  To  circumvent  this,  add  a\nprofile-entry for the link to your nmh profile and add the argument prev to the entry.\n\nnmh-1.8                                      1999-04-30                                    PREV(1mh)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "prev - show the previous nmh message",
    "flags": [],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": [
        {
            "name": "next",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/next/1/json"
        },
        {
            "name": "show",
            "section": "1",
            "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/show/1/json"
        }
    ]
}