binary to ascii

bin_dump.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if [ -t 0 ]; then
  read -p "b: " binary_text
else
  binary_text=$(cat -)
fi

binary_array=($binary_text)

for binary_number in "${binary_array[@]}"
do
  decimal_number=$((2#"$binary_number")):
  printf "$(printf '\\x%x' $decimal_number)";
done

echo;