ECHO                             A  ↵ B  ↵ C   \n D    \n E

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

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

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

BASH 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'\" ) ; }"