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eD2k is a command included with the [[aMule]] application in order to allow starting new downloads from the command line.<br>
It is also commonly used to [[Ed2k_links_handling|handle]] [[Ed2k_link|ed2k:// links]] from the web browser.

It's usage is as follows:

''ed2k "ed2k://'''LINK'''"''

The double-quotes (''"'') have to be used so that the command-line interpreter resolves the special characters like the pipe character (''|''), the ampersand character (''&'') and such, so that it doesn't handle them as commands themselves.

The ed2k command doesn't communicate with [[aMule]] through the [[External Connections]] interface. Instead, it communicates through the [[ED2KLinks file]].