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next(1)
NAME
  next - show the next message (only available within the message handling
  system, mh)

SYNOPSIS
  next [+foldername] [-[no]header] [-help] [-showproc program] [-noshowproc]
  [options to showproc]

OPTIONS
  -header

  -noheader
      Displays a one-line header before the message. The header consists of
      the name of the folder and the message number. This is the default
      behavior. It can be suppressed with the -noheader option.

  -help
      Prints a list of the valid options to this command.

  -showproc program [ options ]

  -noshowproc
      Specifies an alternative program to list messages. The default is to
      use the program defined by the showproc: entry in the .mh_profile file.
      As with show, you can give options to the showproc program at the
      command line. These are passed directly to showproc by next. (If you
      specify an option that has a numerical value, leave no space between
      the argument and the value.  See RESTRICTIONS for more information.)

  The defaults for this command are:

       +folder defaults to the current folder
       -header

DESCRIPTION
  The command next displays the next message in the current folder. The next
  message is the one after the current message in the folder. The message
  that is shown becomes the current message.

  If you name a folder using the +folder argument, next displays the next
  message in the folder you specify. That folder becomes the current folder.

RESTRICTIONS
  The next command is really a link to the show program. As a result, if you
  make a link to next and that link is not called next, your link will act
  like show instead. To avoid this, add a profile-entry for the link to your
  .mh_profile and add the argument next to the entry.

  Also, if you use the showproc switch to specify an alternative viewer,
  leave no space between the options specified with the viewer and their
  values. For example, if you want to use the more command to scroll through
  messages in your inbox folder, and you want to pause every five lines, you
  would enter the following command, where there is no space between the
  option n and the value 5:

       % next +inbox -showproc more -n5

  If there is space between the option n and the value 5, the command
  interprets 5 as a message number to view.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
  Path: To determine the user's Mail directory

  showproc: Program to show the message

FILES
  $HOME/.mh_profile
      The user profile.

SEE ALSO
  show(1), prev(1), mh_profile(4)

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