---
name: "fprev"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "nmh"
version: "1.5-release-0.2"
release: "Debian 7 (Wheezy)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/new"
---

# fprev(1)

report on folders with new messages fnext - set current folder to next folder with new messages fprev - set current folder to previous folder with new messages unseen - scan new messages in all folders with new messages

Part of [new(1)](/new/1.md).

## NAME

new - report on folders with new messages

fnext - set current folder to next folder with new messages

fprev - set current folder to previous folder with new messages

unseen - scan new messages in all folders with new messages

## SYNOPSIS

**new** \[*sequences*\] \[**-mode** *mode*\] \[**-folders** *foldersfile*\] \[**-version**\] \[**-help**\]

**fnext** is equivalent to **new -mode fnext**

**fprev** is equivalent to **new -mode fprev**

**unseen** is equivalent to **new -mode unseen**

## DESCRIPTION

**New** in its default mode produces a one-line-per-folder listing of all folders containing messages in the listed *sequences* or in the sequences listed in the profile entry “*Unseen-Sequence*”. Each line contains the folder, the number of messages in the desired sequences, and the message lists from the .mh\_sequences file.  For example:

```
foo     11.* 40-50
bar    380.  760-772 824-828
 total    391.
```

The \`\*' on foo indicates that it is the current folder.  The last line shows the total number of messages in the desired sequences.

**New** crawls the folder hierarchy recursively to find all folders, and prints them in lexicographic order.  Override this behavior by providing *foldersfile* containing the pre-sorted list of folders **new** should check, one per line.

In **fnext** and **fprev** modes, **new** instead changes to the next or previous matching folder, respectively.

In **unseen** mode, **new** executes **scan sequences** for each matching folder.

## FILES

```
^$HOME/.mh_profile~^The user profile
```

## PROFILE COMPONENTS

```
^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory
^Current-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
^Unseen-Sequence:~^The name of the unseen message sequence
```

## SEE ALSO

[scan(1)](/scan/1.md), [mh-format(5)](/mh-format/5.md)

## HISTORY

Based on Luke Mewburn's new (http://www.mewburn.net/luke/src/new).