Simply I need to write

"echo" t${count} = "$"t${count}"

To a text file, including all the So the output would be something like:

echo "  t1  = $t1"

With " as they are. So I have tried:

count=1
saveIFS="$IFS"
IFS=$'\n'
array=($(<TEST.txt))
IFS="$saveIFS"
for i in "${array[@]}"
do
echo "echo" t${count} = "$"t${count}""
(( count++ ))
done >> long1.txt

And variations on this such as:

echo "echo" """"" t${count} = "$"t${count}""

But I guess the wrapping in double " is only for variables.

Ideas?