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set p to "/Users/myAccount/Desktop/testfilename.txt"
set a to POSIX file p

I would like to extract "testfilename.txt" from the posix path above? Anyone know how to go about to do that?

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  • If you want just the file name you can use: set a to do shell script "basename $HOME/Desktop/testfilename.txt" as string
    – user3439894
    Commented Mar 21, 2016 at 18:27

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Try this:

set yourpath to ("/YOUR/PATH/HERE/file.ext") as POSIX file
do shell script "basename " & quoted form of POSIX path of yourpath

This should work for files and folders as well.
I used "basename " & quoted form of... because AppleScript and shell script handle spaces in directories quite in a different way, that should allow you to use also paths with spaces in it.

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