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HTML

<div class="filefield">
    <input type="file" name="myfile" id="fileinput" >
    <button>Click this instead</button>
    <span></span>
</div>

JavaScript

$( 'button' ).click(function(){
   $( '#fileinput' ).click(); 
});

$( '#fileinput').change(function(){
   $( 'span' ).text($( this ).val() ); 
});