size_logrotate_script.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Size of each log message
LOG_MESSAGE_SIZE=100000

# Function to rapidly log messages
function log_messages {
    for i in {1..100000}; do

	LOG_MESSAGE=$(head -c "$LOG_MESSAGE_SIZE" /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9')
        logger -p user.notice "$LOG_MESSAGE"
    done
}

echo "Starting to fill the syslog to trigger logrotate..."
log_messages
echo "Finished logging messages."