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$ pokedex pkm 

Convert binary Pokémon data (aka PKM files) to/from JSON/YAML.
usage: pokedex pkm (encode|decode) [options] <file> ...

Commands:
    encode         Convert a JSON or YAML representation of a
                   Pokémon to the binary format.
    decode         Convert the binary format to a JSON/YAML
                   representation.

Options:
    --gen=NUM, -g  Generation to use (4 or 5)
    --crypt, -c    Use encrypted binary format.
    --yaml, -y     Use YAML as the human-readable format.
                   Requires the pyyaml library to be installed.
                   Default is to use JSON.

If no files are given, reads from standard input.

$ pokedex pkm decode --crypt --yaml ~/dev/the/data/porygon-encrypted.bin 
---
ability: {id: 36, name: Trace}
date met: '2012-06-09'
encounter type: building
exp: 10000
gender: female
met at level: 2
moves:
- {id: 1, name: Pound, pp: 35}
nature: {id: 3, name: Modest}
nickname: Nibbles
original country: us
original trainer: {gender: male, id: 0, name: '', secret: 0}
pokeball: {id: 4, name: "Pok\xE9 Ball"}
species: {id: 137, name: Porygon}

$ pokedex pkm decode --crypt ~/dev/the/data/porygon-encrypted.bin 
{"met at level": 2, "pokeball": {"name": "Pok\u00e9 Ball", "id": 4}, "ability": {"name": "Trace", "id": 36}, "nature": {"name": "Modest", "id": 3}, "gender": "female", "original country": "us", "encounter type": "building", "date met": "2012-06-09", "exp": 10000, "moves": [{"pp": 35, "id": 1, "name": "Pound"}], "nickname": "Nibbles", "species": {"name": "Porygon", "id": 137}, "original trainer": {"gender": "male", "secret": 0, "name": "", "id": 0}}