title: Storing files inside BASH scripts
body: <p>Is there a way to store binary data inside a BASH script so that it can be piped to a program later in that script?</p>
  
  <p>At the moment (on Mac OS X) I'm doing</p>
  
  <pre><code>play sound.m4a
  # do stuff
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'd like to be able to do something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>SOUND &lt;&lt;&lt; the m4a data, encoded somehow?
  END
  echo $SOUND | play
  #do stuff
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way to do this?</p>