Deixe-me citar esta pergunta maravilhosa com a resposta selecionada, para evitar explicar novamente algo que já foi respondido em outro site de stackexchange. Esta é a seção da bash(1) página de manual relacionada à cotação de variável:
Enclosing characters in single quotes (
') preserves the literal value of each character within the quotes. A single quote may not occur between single quotes, even when preceded by a backslash.Enclosing characters in double quotes (
") preserves the literal value of all characters within the quotes, with the exception of$,',\, and, when history expansion is enabled,!. The characters$and'retain their special meaning within double quotes (see Shell Expansions). The backslash retains its special meaning only when followed by one of the following characters:$,',",\, or newline. Within double quotes, backslashes that are followed by one of these characters are removed. Backslashes preceding characters without a special meaning are left unmodified. A double quote may be quoted within double quotes by preceding it with a backslash. If enabled, history expansion will be performed unless an!appearing in double quotes is escaped using a backslash. The backslash preceding the!is not removed.The special parameters
*and@have special meaning when in double quotes (see Shell Parameter Expansion).
Resposta: É por isso que no seu arquivo de destino você tinha $dev em vez do conteúdo dessa variável.