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The same works in other places where you can copy or drag files. E.g. search results in HoudahSpot. Thus the trick is not limited to files at the top level of a folder. It can also be used to compile a list of files found all over your disk.

A really cool trick related to the above: hold the command key as you drag a folder or file to a Terminal window. This changes the shell's current directory to that folder or the folder containing the file.

Many document based applications show a proxy icon found next to the document name in the title bar.  Drag this to TextEdit (or a plain text editor like BBEdit) to get the file path. Command-drag it to Terminal to go to the document's parent folder.