Copy a list of file names and enter them in Numbers Cells

You can use a short script for this:

1. Copy-paste the script below into Script Editor (in Applications > Utilities)
2. Select the desired files in Finder
3. Click the triangle 'run' button in Script Editor
4. Click a cell in the destination table in Numbers and command-v or Edit > Paste and Match Style.

(If results are split across columns, adjust the delimiter in the popup that appears)

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The script:

tell application "Finder"
	-- Get the selected files
	set selectedFiles to selection
	-- Extract file names
	set fileNames to {}
	repeat with aFile in selectedFiles
		set end of fileNames to name of aFile
	end repeat
end tell

-- Combine file names into a string for pasting
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return
set the clipboard to fileNames as text

Select them in the Finder, choose Copy from the Edit menu, and paste into Numbers.

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One way would be to use Textedit as an intermediary:

1. Select the files in Finder
2. Copy
3. Paste into a TextEdit document pre-formatted as plain text (if not the default for new documents, use Format->Make Plain Text)
4. Select the titles in TextEdit
5. Copy
6. Select a cell in Numbers (single click, not 2 clicks)
7. Paste

Looks like a lot of steps but it is basically just two copy/pastes