How to get a file from a link starting with file://

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@jone_smith

The clipboard is blank in the Finder

It may give that impression, but to inspect the list of (textually representable) pasteboard items which it actually contains, and the bundle id of each, you could try something like:

Clipboard Viewer

Allows us to inspect all clipboard type bundle ids, and any textually representable data that they contain, in JSON format. For example, if we we copy an object in OmniGraffle, it gives us a JSON representation of all the object properties, which we can use in a Javascript action.

OmniGraffle arrow as clipboard data

{ "com.omnigroup.OmniGraffle.GraphicType as propertyList": { "Layers": [ { "Print": true, "Lock": false, …