newline in command-line argument?

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Subject: newline in command-line argument?
From: Kendall Shaw <queshaw@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 14:04:45 -0700
Message-id: <[🔎] 8765yj7ngy.fsf@pacbell.net>

Can I include a newline in an argument on the command line?

For example, this doesn't work:

A='asdf
fdsa'

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