Suppose you had the following config file::
[default]
aws_access_key_id=default_access_key
aws_secret_access_key=default_secret_key
[profile testing]
aws_access_key_id=testing_access_key
aws_secret_access_key=testing_secret_key
region=us-west-2
The following commands would have the corresponding output::
$ aws configure get aws_access_key_id
default_access_key
$ aws configure get default.aws_access_key_id
default_access_key
$ aws configure get aws_access_key_id --profile testing
testing_access_key
$ aws configure get profile.testing.aws_access_key_id
testing_access_key
$ aws configure get profile.does-not-exist
$
$ echo $?
1