Passing binary data as arguments in bash

Question

I need to pass binary data to a bash program that accepts command line arguments. Is there a way to do this?

It\'s a program that accepts one argument:

Answer 1

Use the $'' quote style:

script $'\x02\xc5\xd8'

Test:

printf $'\x02\xc5\xd8' | hexdump -C
00000000  02 c5 d8