{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "PREV",
    "section": "1mh",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/PREV/1mh/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-30T09:53:55Z",
    "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\n\n\nnmh-1.7.1                                    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"
        }
    ]
}