Random syslog message sent each random seconds

random_syslog.sh

#!/bin/bash

POS=2
LEN=16
SECONDS_MAX=10

while true; do

        str1=$( echo -n `date +\"%s\"` | md5sum | md5sum )

        randstring="${str1:$POS:$LEN}"

        logger -t "kafka-test" Random message "$randstring"

        RANDOM_SEC=`shuf -i 1-$SECONDS_MAX -n 1`
        sleep $RANDOM_SEC

done