diff --git a/sysutils/tabs/Makefile b/sysutils/tabs/Makefile
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+++ b/sysutils/tabs/Makefile
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+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.1.1.1 2018/06/05 17:25:35 bcallah Exp $
+
+COMMENT =	utility to set terminal tabs
+DISTNAME =	tabs-5.2.1
+CATEGORIES =	sysutils
+
+HOMEPAGE =	https://www.dragonflybsd.org/
+MAINTAINER =	Brian Callahan <bcallah@openbsd.org>
+
+# BSD
+PERMIT_PACKAGE_CDROM =	Yes
+
+WANTLIB += c curses
+
+MASTER_SITES =	https://mirrors.nycbug.org/pub/distfiles/
+
+.include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/sysutils/tabs/distinfo b/sysutils/tabs/distinfo
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+SHA256 (tabs-5.2.1.tar.gz) = MoUmYguATgZy5/5Fjx88giw+XyOamYorQBFLP2+92AU=
+SIZE (tabs-5.2.1.tar.gz) = 4312
diff --git a/sysutils/tabs/pkg/DESCR b/sysutils/tabs/pkg/DESCR
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+The tabs utility displays a series of characters that clear the hardware
+terminal tab settings then initialises tab stops at specified positions,
+and optionally adjusts the margin.
+
+It is a port of the tabs utility from DragonFly BSD.
diff --git a/sysutils/tabs/pkg/PLIST b/sysutils/tabs/pkg/PLIST
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+++ b/sysutils/tabs/pkg/PLIST
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+@comment $OpenBSD: PLIST,v 1.1.1.1 2018/06/05 17:25:35 bcallah Exp $
+@bin bin/tabs
+@man man/man1/tabs.1