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Can I put a newline in an alias?

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From: Russell Hoover <rusty@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Zsh-users <zsh-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Can I put a newline in an alias?
Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 21:51:33 -0400

This is a pretty basic question, but i tried using \n and ^M to put a
newline, or carraige return, into an alias, and neither worked.

How is this done? Or is it? Also how can i put a 'control-whatever'
sequence into an alias? I'm using zsh 3.0.1.

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