diff --git a/sysutils/try_repeat/Makefile b/sysutils/try_repeat/Makefile
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+++ b/sysutils/try_repeat/Makefile
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+COMMENT =		run a command 'n' times exiting early if it fails
+
+DISTNAME =		try_repeat-0.2.0
+CATEGORIES =		sysutils
+
+HOMEPAGE =		https://tratt.net/laurie/src/try_repeat/
+
+MAINTAINER =		Laurence Tratt <laurie@tratt.net>
+
+# Apache-2.0 / MIT
+PERMIT_PACKAGE =	Yes
+
+MASTER_SITES =		${HOMEPAGE:=releases/}
+
+EXTRACT_SUFX =		.tgz
+
+PKG_ARCH =		*
+NO_BUILD =		Yes
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/try_repeat/distinfo b/sysutils/try_repeat/distinfo
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index 00000000000..8eebe5df7d1
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+++ b/sysutils/try_repeat/distinfo
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+SHA256 (try_repeat-0.2.0.tgz) = 6YfA87AwehFtdB9w/RBjOpHMRRtyaxIg9WAlaE2bOLU=
+SIZE (try_repeat-0.2.0.tgz) = 2966
diff --git a/sysutils/try_repeat/pkg/DESCR b/sysutils/try_repeat/pkg/DESCR
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index 00000000000..3e4380da9d2
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+++ b/sysutils/try_repeat/pkg/DESCR
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+try_repeat tries to run a command n times, exiting early if the command exits
+with a non-zero exit code. This is useful when trying to find intermittent
+failures in a command.
diff --git a/sysutils/try_repeat/pkg/PLIST b/sysutils/try_repeat/pkg/PLIST
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index 00000000000..2d087c96ec8
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+++ b/sysutils/try_repeat/pkg/PLIST
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bin/try_repeat
+@man man/man1/try_repeat.1