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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Utility for showing package messages in the database.
+
+[ "$1" ] || {
+    printf '\033[1;33m-> \033[m%s\n' "usage: ${0##*/} [pkg] [pkg]"
+    exit 0
+}
+
+for pkg do
+    # Apply basename stripping so a user could run
+    # 'kiss-message /var/db/kiss/installed/*' to see
+    # all the messages on the system.
+    pkg=${pkg##*/}
+    msg="$KISS_ROOT/var/db/kiss/installed/$pkg/message"
+
+    # Continue if no messages are available for the package.
+    [ -f "$msg" ] || continue
+
+    printf '%s\n\033[1m%s\033[m\n%s\n\n' \
+           "==============================" \
+           "$pkg" \
+           "=============================="
+    cat "$msg"
+done