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How to get Finder's selection path in alias form, in AppleScript and JXA.
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AppleScript

tell application "Finder"
    set itemList to (selection as alias list)
end tell

JXA

const Finder = Application("Finder")
const SystemEvents = Application("System Events")
const itemList = Finder.selection().map(e => SystemEvents.aliases[decodeURIComponent(e.url().substring(7))]())
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JXA-Cookbook/JXA-Cookbook#8

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