For those Debian / Ubuntu fans out there that need to rebuild a missing or deleted configuration file without purging the package. Use the following command with just replacing PACKAGENAME with the name of the package you want to rebuild the config files for.
 
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sudo apt-get -o DPkg::Options::=”–force-confmiss” –reinstall install PACKAGENAME
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Definitely a good command to remember or save!