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Ernst H.

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Support/Development/Consulting – Process Development, E-Invoicing, XRechnung, ZUGFeRD

München
Ernst H.

Last position:

Support/Development/Consulting – Process Development, E-Invoicing, XRechnung, ZUGFeRD

  • Support and further development of a complex process for creating XML documents for electronic invoices / E-Invoicing (XRechnung, ZUGFeRD)
  • Automation of operational processes, process development and optimization
  • Development of frontend applications with MS Power Apps
  • Porting SQL Server 2016 to SQL Server 2022
  • SQL Server database administration
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Klaus E.

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Exasol DBA

Paderborn
Klaus E.

Last position:

Exasolution DBA at Rechenzentrum Innsbruck

  • DBA Exasolution Server consulting and migration to version 8
  • Analysis of SQL query performance and tuning
  • Troubleshooting in batch scripts
  • Technologies: Gitlab, EXACloud, EXAOperation, DBeaver, Control M
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Harald L.

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Project Management

Grünwald
Harald L.

Last position:

Project Management at Loocid LLC

  • Conducted a comprehensive due diligence review for a potential acquisition of a Swiss manufacturing company as part of a pre-merger analysis
  • Assessed production capacities and technical infrastructure
  • Evaluated integration possibilities into existing business processes
  • Performed risk assessment and developed recommendations for action
  • Documented the findings and presented them to management
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Tamás N.

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JAVA development for thermal printer test program

Kaufbeuren
Tamás N.

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JAVA development for thermal printer test program at GeBE Elektronik und Feinwerktechnik GmbH

  • JAVA development for thermal printer test program

  • Further development of the free thermal printer test program in Java 1.8 AWT and Swing

  • Creating new plugins for sensor feedback using a real-time bar chart

  • Using multiple printer languages for USB, UDP, TCP and RS232 communication

  • Improving usability and responsiveness with threads and string buffering

  • Querying and displaying network configuration

  • Converting and processing hex data from printer responses

  • Advanced study of servomotors and USB bus

  • Enumerating available USB ports from the Windows Registry, retrieving additional information via PowerShell, parsing and listing all in a Java list box

  • Fixing reported database errors

  • Detecting if the printer driver is installed and recognizing physically connected devices

  • Migration to Windows 11

  • Handling customer tickets as part of support in C++ and Qt6

  • Writing CMake scripts

  • Compiling STM32 printer firmware with CMake and managing the process in FileMaker Pro

  • Technologies: Eclipse, Java 1.8, AWT, Swing, RS232, USB, TCP, UDP, PowerShell, servomotor technology, Windows 10 and Windows 11, WSL 2.4, Ubuntu Linux, CMake, Qt6, FileMaker Pro

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Rainer B.

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Senior Developer

Großheide
Rainer B.

Last position:

Senior Developer at RWE Trading

  • Development of custom microservices in the power exchanges area based on Spring Boot 3 using PostgresQL, ActiveMQ, Kafka and S3
  • Revision and re-implementation of legacy microservices (Scala / Akka) on Spring Boot 3
  • DevOps tasks for running the microservices in an AWS runtime environment
  • Senior role in the development area in collaboration with the internal client
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Juri S.

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Software Development

Bremen
Juri S.

Last position:

Software Development at Banking Environment

  • Extension of an existing application with new customer requirements.
  • AlmaLinux, Ubuntu; C, gcc; Oracle;
  • Socket/TCP communication.
  • CLion, Eclipse
  • Git
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Sebastian C.

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Load & Performance Testing - Test Automation

Düsseldorf
Sebastian C.

Last position:

Public institution responsible for educational institutions in NRW

  • Consulting on processes and execution of load tests, performance tests and technical tests of various applications: web portal, file cloud, email, video conferencing, learning/course platform
  • Creating the load test framework
  • Programming test scripts (JMeter, Selenium)
  • Developing batches to support the evaluation
  • Executing load tests and evaluating results, including clear reporting, recommendations for action, and bottleneck analysis
  • Managing tasks and collaboration to achieve meaningful load test results
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Stefan W.

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Project team member

Essen
Stefan W.

Last position:

Project team member at Environmental service provider

  • Implementation and maintenance of an order management system
  • RDBMS Oracle 19c
  • Oracle Forms/Reports 12c/14c
  • Oracle SQL
  • XML processing
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Steffen S.

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Senior Tester

Igersheim
Steffen S.

Last position:

Senior Tester at Deutsche Bundesbahn

  • Creation, automation, and execution of regression tests
  • Manual, automated, and load & performance testing
  • Use of Micro Focus Silk Central Test Management tool, AWS Workspace, Kubernetes, Postman, OPENLens, GitLab CI/CD, SharePoint, Confluence, Jira, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL, SAFe
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Pawel N.

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Subject Mater Expert Linux

Berlin
Pawel N.

Last position:

Subject Mater Expert Linux at TCS Alliance Healthcare

  • Updating/upgrading Linux servers to new versions
  • Installing Trend Micro on Linux servers
  • Creating, presenting and maintaining technical documents
  • Refactoring tools
  • Platforms: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, CentOS, RedHat, Windows 10, PowerShell, Bash, Perl, Trend Micro AV, PuTTY, SSH, VMware
  • Project language: English

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Statistics of experts using sed

Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.

Experience

27 years

sed experts in Germany have 27 years of professional experience on average.

Position duration

1.2 years

sed experts in Germany stay in a single position for 1.2 years on average.

Positions per freelancer

22

sed experts in Germany have completed 22 positions on average over the course of their careers.

Top business areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management

sed experts in Germany have gathered most of their hands-on project experience in Information Technology, Product Development, and Project Management.

Top industries

Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services

sed experts in Germany are most in demand in Information Technology, Banking and Finance, and Professional Services.

Certification focus areas

Information Technology, Product Development, Quality Assurance

sed experts in Germany earn their certifications most often in Information Technology, Product Development, and Quality Assurance.

Bachelor's degree or higher

89%

89% of sed experts in Germany hold at least a Bachelor's degree.

Master's degree or higher

78%

78% of sed experts in Germany hold at least a Master's degree.

Doctorate

11%

11% of sed experts in Germany have a doctorate (PhD).

Certifications per freelancer

1

sed experts in Germany hold 1 professional certification on average.

Most common languages

German, English, French

sed experts in Germany most often speak German, English, and French.

Speak two or more languages

100%

100% of sed experts in Germany speak two or more languages.

Based on our profile pool as of 19 Sep 2026.

Daily rate distribution

0 2 4 6 8
2 of the sed experts in Germany charge less than €600 per day.
One of the sed experts in Germany charges between €600 and €640 per day.
One of the sed experts in Germany charges between €680 and €720 per day.
One of the sed experts in Germany charges between €720 and €760 per day.
5 of the sed experts in Germany charge €760 or more per day.
<€600 €600-​640 €680-​720 €720-​760 €760+

The chart shows how the daily rates of freelancers in this technology in Germany are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows how many freelancers charge within that range.

Average rates of experts in Germany using sed

Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.

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Daily rate avg. 718 €

The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.

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Median rate 752 €

The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.

Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 19 Sep 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.

sed experts industry focus

See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.

  • Information Technology (100%)
  • Banking and Finance (75%)
  • Professional Services (67%)
  • Government and Administration (67%)
  • Automotive (58%)
  • Manufacturing (58%)
  • Retail (50%)
  • Telecommunication (50%)

Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.

About the technology

Stream editing

sed is a Unix stream editor for transforming text as it moves through a pipeline or comes from a file. It reads input line by line and applies commands such as substitute, delete, print and insert without requiring an interactive editor. The GNU sed implementation is common on Linux systems, while BSD variants appear across macOS and other Unix environments.

Practical automation

Companies use sed for repeatable text changes in shell scripts, deployment workflows and operations tooling. It can update configuration values, normalize generated files, remove unwanted lines and prepare logs or data for another command. It is especially useful when a small, transparent transformation is faster to maintain than a larger script.

  • Replace environment-specific values in configuration templates
  • Extract or remove lines from logs and reports
  • Normalize delimiters, spacing and line endings
  • Chain transformations with grep, awk, cut and sort

Ecosystem skills

Strong sed work sits within the wider Unix and shell ecosystem. Specialists usually understand POSIX regular expressions, Bash or another shell, standard input and output, pipes, exit codes and file permissions. They may also work with GNU sed extensions, Git hooks, cron, CI pipelines, Docker entrypoints and configuration formats such as YAML, JSON or XML.

When expertise helps

Freelance expertise is useful when text transformations have become difficult to review or risky to change. A specialist can replace fragile one-off commands with tested scripts, document assumptions and account for differences between GNU sed and BSD sed. This matters for teams supporting Linux production systems while collaborating across locations in Germany or elsewhere.

  • Stabilize deployment and release scripts
  • Port commands between Linux and macOS environments
  • Refactor hard-to-read regular expressions
  • Add validation and regression tests around transformations

Quality signals

A capable professional chooses the simplest command that is correct and maintainable. They protect input files, use explicit patterns, handle special characters and explain whether a command depends on GNU extensions. They also test empty input, multiline data, repeated matches and unexpected formatting instead of relying only on a successful example.

Project collaboration

sed tasks are often small in code size but important to system reliability. Before work begins, clarify the input format, expected output, target operating systems and where the command will run. Remote collaboration works well when repositories, fixtures and acceptance checks are shared clearly; on-site work may help when the transformation is tied to internal operations or legacy infrastructure.

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Frequently asked questions

Key details about sed, drawn from the questions we get asked most.

sed is used to transform text streams and files through repeatable commands. Companies apply it to configuration updates, log cleanup, release scripts, generated files and Unix pipelines.

sed is well suited to line-oriented substitutions, filtering and small transformations. awk is often better for field-based processing, while Perl or Python may be clearer for complex logic, richer data structures or substantial error handling.

A strong sed specialist usually understands Bash, POSIX regular expressions, pipes, grep, awk, Git and CI tooling. Familiarity with Linux administration, deployment systems and configuration formats also helps place each command in its operational context.

The right level depends on risk and scope rather than command count. A simple replacement may need focused expertise, while production deployment changes require a professional who can test edge cases, document behavior and account for GNU sed and BSD sed differences.

Yes, many sed assignments can be completed remotely through a shared repository, sample inputs and clear acceptance checks. On-site collaboration in Germany can be useful when commands touch restricted infrastructure, internal runbooks or legacy operational processes.

Share representative input files, the exact expected output, target operating systems and the command's execution context. Also identify whether GNU sed features are allowed and whether the original files must remain unchanged.

Ask for readable commands, documented assumptions and tests covering empty input, special characters, repeated matches and unexpected lines. High-quality sed work is reversible where possible, avoids unnecessary in-place edits and behaves consistently in the intended shell environment.

sed remains valuable because it is widely available, fast to invoke and natural inside Unix pipelines. Freelancers use it when a concise, auditable transformation is more appropriate than introducing a full runtime or a larger maintenance surface.

The average hourly rate of freelancers in Germany who have used sed in their recent projects is 90 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 718 € based on an 8-hour working day.

Of the freelancers in Germany who have used sed in their recent projects, 89% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 78% hold at least a Master's degree, and 11% hold a doctorate.

On average, freelancers in Germany who have used sed in their recent projects have 27 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 1.2 years.

The most common languages among freelancers in Germany who have used sed in their recent projects are German (100%), English (100%), and French (25%).

The most common industries among freelancers in Germany who have used sed in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Banking and Finance (75%), and Professional Services (67%).

The most common business areas among freelancers in Germany who have used sed in their recent projects are Information Technology (100%), Product Development (92%), and Project Management (92%).

Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used sed

Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.

Berlin Hamburg Munich Cologne Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Leipzig Dortmund Essen Bremen Dresden Hanover Nuremberg

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