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HTML
<input id="myfiles" multiple type="file">
JavaScript
var FielList = [];
var pullfiles=function(){
var fileInput = document.querySelector("#myfiles");
var files = fileInput.files;
var fl=files.length;
var i=0;
while ( i < fl) {
var file = files[i];
FielList.push(file.name);
i++;
}
alert(FielList);
}
// set the input element onchange to call pullfiles
document.querySelector("#myfiles").onchange=pullfiles;