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diff --git a/cloudinit/cmd/devel/__init__.py b/cloudinit/cmd/devel/__init__.py
index e69de29b..3ae28b69 100644
--- a/cloudinit/cmd/devel/__init__.py
+++ b/cloudinit/cmd/devel/__init__.py
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+# This file is part of cloud-init. See LICENSE file for license information.
+
+"""Common cloud-init devel commandline utility functions."""
+
+
+import logging
+
+from cloudinit import log
+from cloudinit.stages import Init
+
+
+def addLogHandlerCLI(logger, log_level):
+    """Add a commandline logging handler to emit messages to stderr."""
+    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(levelname)s: %(message)s')
+    log.setupBasicLogging(log_level, formatter=formatter)
+    return logger
+
+
+def read_cfg_paths():
+    """Return a Paths object based on the system configuration on disk."""
+    init = Init(ds_deps=[])
+    init.read_cfg()
+    return init.paths
+
+# vi: ts=4 expandtab