#!/bin/sh

start=`date "+%M:%S"`
x=0

trap 'echo "";
      echo "started at $start";
      echo "finished at `date "+%M:%S"`";
      echo "sent $x messages";
      echo "found `grep TEST_MESSAGE /var/log/messages | wc -l` messages";
      exit' 2

while()
do
     logger -p syslog.notice TEST_MESSAGE_$x
     x=`expr $x + 1`
     echo sent $x
done