diff --git a/docs/shell.rst b/docs/shell.rst
index f24dc93b..2c8da848 100644
--- a/docs/shell.rst
+++ b/docs/shell.rst
@@ -384,6 +384,13 @@ back to the record on the SIM card.
 This allows for easy interactive modification of records.
 
 
+decode_hex
+~~~~~~~~~~
+.. argparse::
+   :module: pySim.filesystem
+   :func: LinFixedEF.ShellCommands.dec_hex_parser
+
+
 
 Transparent EF commands
 -----------------------
@@ -460,6 +467,13 @@ to the SIM card.
 This allows for easy interactive modification of file contents.
 
 
+decode_hex
+~~~~~~~~~~
+.. argparse::
+   :module: pySim.filesystem
+   :func: TransparentEF.ShellCommands.dec_hex_parser
+
+
 
 BER-TLV EF commands
 -------------------
diff --git a/pySim/filesystem.py b/pySim/filesystem.py
index f8b86c57..5bbd57b0 100644
--- a/pySim/filesystem.py
+++ b/pySim/filesystem.py
@@ -526,6 +526,17 @@ class TransparentEF(CardEF):
         def __init__(self):
             super().__init__()
 
+        dec_hex_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+        dec_hex_parser.add_argument('--oneline', action='store_true',
+                                    help='No JSON pretty-printing, dump as a single line')
+        dec_hex_parser.add_argument('HEXSTR', help='Hex-string of encoded data to decode')
+
+        @cmd2.with_argparser(dec_hex_parser)
+        def do_decode_hex(self, opts):
+            """Decode command-line provided hex-string as if it was read from the file."""
+            data = self._cmd.rs.selected_file.decode_hex(opts.HEXSTR)
+            self._cmd.poutput_json(data, opts.oneline)
+
         read_bin_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
         read_bin_parser.add_argument(
             '--offset', type=int, default=0, help='Byte offset for start of read')
@@ -738,6 +749,17 @@ class LinFixedEF(CardEF):
         def __init__(self, **kwargs):
             super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
+        dec_hex_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+        dec_hex_parser.add_argument('--oneline', action='store_true',
+                                    help='No JSON pretty-printing, dump as a single line')
+        dec_hex_parser.add_argument('HEXSTR', help='Hex-string of encoded data to decode')
+
+        @cmd2.with_argparser(dec_hex_parser)
+        def do_decode_hex(self, opts):
+            """Decode command-line provided hex-string as if it was read from the file."""
+            data = self._cmd.rs.selected_file.decode_record_hex(opts.HEXSTR)
+            self._cmd.poutput_json(data, opts.oneline)
+
         read_rec_parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
         read_rec_parser.add_argument(
             'record_nr', type=int, help='Number of record to be read')