Convert binary to text in bash

binary-to-text.sh

#!/bin/bash                                                                                                    
BINARY="01001000                                                                                               
01100101                                                                                                       
01101100                                                                                                       
01101100                                                                                                       
01101111"                                                                                                      
                                                                                                               
binaryToText() {                                                                                               
    while read line                                                                                            
    do                                                                                                         
        echo -n "\x$(echo obase=16\;ibase=2\;$line | bc)"                                                      
    done                                                                                                       
}                                                                                                              
                                                                                                               
echo $BINARY | binaryToText