File Copy to Clipboard includes path - how to avoid

I'm writing an Automator action that does several actions to whatever file in the Finder is selected (or right-clicked).
The first action in the Automator action is Copy To Clipboard. This works, however, it copies the entire absolute path of the file (Macintosh HD:Users:myusername:Desktop:filename).
I'd like it to only grab the actual filename, not the entire path. Is there a way to do that?

add the following "run shell script" action before the action that copies the file to the clipboard:
<pre style="
font-family: Monaco, 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-size: 10px;
margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ADD8E6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
for f in "$@"
do
basename $f
done</pre>
set to pass input as arguments for that action.

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