--- cloud-init/cloudinit/util.py	2012-10-04 17:31:06.719897000 -0700
+++ util.py	2012-10-04 21:12:04.657751000 -0700
@@ -996,6 +996,9 @@
             raise
     contents = ofh.getvalue()
     LOG.debug("Read %s bytes from %s", len(contents), fname)
+    if not quiet:
+        for line in contents.splitlines():
+            LOG.debug(" < %s", line)
     return contents
 
 
@@ -1346,7 +1349,7 @@
             os.chmod(path, real_mode)
 
 
-def write_file(filename, content, mode=0644, omode="wb"):
+def write_file(filename, content, mode=0644, omode="wb", quiet=False):
     """
     Writes a file with the given content and sets the file mode as specified.
     Resotres the SELinux context if possible.
@@ -1359,6 +1362,9 @@
     ensure_dir(os.path.dirname(filename))
     LOG.debug("Writing to %s - %s: [%s] %s bytes",
                filename, omode, mode, len(content))
+    if not quiet:
+        for line in content.splitlines():
+            LOG.debug(" > %s", line)
     with SeLinuxGuard(path=filename):
         with open(filename, omode) as fh:
             fh.write(content)