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HTML

<div class="file-upload-status" style="width:200px">
<span class="star">*</span>
   <span> C:\fakepath\996571_1398802860346752_2094565473_n.jpg</span>
</div>

CSS

.file-upload-status {
     text-align:right;
    border: 1px solid #ccc;
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
    white-space: nowrap;
    overflow: hidden;
    text-overflow: ellipsis;    
    }
    .star{
    float:right;
    }