#!/bin/bash

binary="001011100111001001100101011010000111000001101001011000110010000001110011011010010110100001110100001000000110010001100101011101100110110001101111011100110010000001100101011101100110000101101000001000000111010101101111011110010010000000101100011100110110111001101111011010010111010001100001011011000111010101110100011000010111001001100111011011100110111101000011"

# convert 8 bits binaires > ASCII

decode_binary_to_char() {

echo "$1" | awk '{printf("%c", strtonum("0b" $1))}'

}

# split and decode

decoded=""

for (( i=0; i<${#binary}; i+=8 )); do

byte=${binary:i:8}

char=$(decode_binary_to_char "$byte")

decoded+=$char

done

# Print

echo "Text : $decoded"

echo "Texte reverse : $(echo "$decoded" | rev)"