http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/09/08/use-powershell-to-pick-random-winning-users-from-text.aspxSummary : Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to select random winners from a text file.en-USTelligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/09/08/use-powershell-to-pick-random-winning-users-from-text.aspx#3452213Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:09:24 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3452213Ed Wilson<p>@Klaus You are welcome. Script blocks are cool, and PowerShell accepts them into some rather unusual places -- not all of which are actually documented. One of the way I find cool things to do, I experiment and see what works and what does not work. What I am doing with Sort, is using a script block to obtain a random number from Get-Random ... then I sort it ... pretty cool.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3452213" width="1" height="1">http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2011/09/08/use-powershell-to-pick-random-winning-users-from-text.aspx#3451840Thu, 08 Sep 2011 12:02:26 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3451840Klaus Schulte<p>Hi Ed,</p> <p>that&#39;s again some powershell magic, what you have shown here!</p> <p>I even didn&#39;t know that you can add a scriptblock to sort like you did in the line:</p> <p>&quot;gc C:\fso\UserGroupNames.txt | sort{get-random} | select -First 5&quot;</p> <p>And I still wonder why and how &quot;sort{get-random}&quot; works ... !?</p> <p>I read through the help but can&#39;t figure out what&#39;s going on (behind the scenes) ...</p> <p>Klaus.</p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3451840" width="1" height="1">