ECHO

                                  A  ↵ B  ↵ C   \n D    \n E

SH

                            echo 'A  ↵ B  ↵ C   \n D    \n E'

SYSTEM (awk)

                           echo 'A  ↵ B  ↵ C   \n D    \n E'

AWK

          BEGIN{system ( "echo 'A \n B \n C \\n D  \\n E'" ) ; }

     awk "BEGIN{system ( \"echo 'A \n B \\n C \\\n D \\\\n E'\" ) ; }"

 

ORIG awk "BEGIN{system ( \"echo 'A \n B \\n C \\\n D \\\\n E'\" ) ; }"