No, this is not possible — as mentioned in the docs:
"Remember: the value of $/ is a string, not a regex. awk has to be better for something. :-)"
In reply to Re: Usage of regular expressions in input separator
by Eliya
in thread Usage of regular expressions in input separator
by archer
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