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apt-config

apt-config queries configuration directives from /etc/apt/apt.conf.
apt-config [--empty] [--format '%f "%v";%n'] [-o=config_string] [-c=config_file] {shell | dump | {-v | --version} | {-h | --help}}
Dump the values of some given configuration directives:
$ apt-config dump | grep -E 'Dir |Dir::Etc |Dir::Etc::main |Dir::Etc::source' | column -t
Dir                    "/";
Dir::Etc               "etc/apt";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist   "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts  "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main         "apt.conf";
Dump the values of «second level directories»:
$ apt-config dump | grep -E 'Dir::[^:]+ ' | sort | column -t
Dir::Bin                    "";
Dir::Cache                  "var/cache/apt";
Dir::Etc                    "etc/apt";
Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently  "";
Dir::Log                    "var/log/apt";
Dir::Media                  "";
Dir::State                  "var/lib/apt";

See also

man 8 apt-config

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