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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def read_config(*args):
    '''
    Read Traffic Server configuration variable definitions.

    .. versionadded:: 2016.11.0

    .. code-block:: bash

        salt '*' trafficserver.read_config proxy.config.http.keep_alive_post_out
    '''

    ret = {}
    if _TRAFFICCTL:
        cmd = _traffic_ctl('config', 'get')
    else:
        cmd = _traffic_line('-r')

    try:
        for arg in args:
            log.debug('Querying: %s', arg)
            ret[arg] = _subprocess(cmd + [arg])
    except KeyError:
        pass

    return ret