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taken from [http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19075671/how-to-use-shell-variables-in-an-awk-script How to use shell variables in an awk script]

This is the best way to do it. It uses the -v option: (P.S. use a space after -v or it will be less portable. E.g., awk -v var= not awk -vvar)

variable="line one\nline two"
awk -v var="$variable" 'BEGIN {print var}'
line one
line two

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