#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; my $i1 = int(rand(5)+1); my $i2 = int(rand(2)); my $i = 0; while ($i<10){ print "$i1: $i2\n"; my $interval = $i1 + ($i2*$i1); print "waiting for $interval seconds...\n"; sleep($interval); $i1 = int(rand(5)+1); $i2 = int(rand(2)); $i++; }