diff --git a/src/nat/ArchiveController.hx b/src/nat/ArchiveController.hx
index 322f108..2a2258e 100644
--- a/src/nat/ArchiveController.hx
+++ b/src/nat/ArchiveController.hx
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ import uuid.Uuid;
 enum CommandArgType {
     SelectedEntry;
     SelectedEntries(min:Null<Int>, max:Null<Int>);
-    Text(minLength:Null<Int>, maxLength:Null<Float>); // max length is a float so Math.POSITIVE_INFINITY can be used
+    Text(maxLength:Null<Float>); // max length is a float so Math.POSITIVE_INFINITY can be used
+    VarText(maxLength:Null<Float>);
     Number(min:Null<Float>, max:Null<Float>, inStepsOf:Null<Float>);
     OneEntry; // This constructor must be disambiguated from the typedef "Entry"
     Entries(min:Null<Int>, max:Null<Int>);
diff --git a/src/nat/ArchiveController.kiss b/src/nat/ArchiveController.kiss
index 2691f8a..3a79fc6 100644
--- a/src/nat/ArchiveController.kiss
+++ b/src/nat/ArchiveController.kiss
@@ -13,17 +13,35 @@
             (if !(<= min selectedEntries.length max)
                     (ui.reportError "The requested command expects between $min and $max entries to be selected. You have selected: $selectedEntries.length")
                 (continuation selectedEntries)))
-        ((Text minLength maxLength)
-            (unless minLength (set minLength 0))
+        ((Text maxLength)
             (unless maxLength (set maxLength Math.POSITIVE_INFINITY))
             (ui.enterText
-                "${arg.name} (${minLength}-${maxLength} characters):"
+                "${arg.name} (up to ${maxLength} characters):"
                 (lambda :Void [text]
-                    (if !(<= minLength text.length maxLength)
-                            (ui.reportError "The requested command expected a string between $minLength and $maxLength characters long. You entered: $text.length characters")
+                    (if !(<= text.length maxLength)
+                            (ui.reportError "The requested command expected a string up to $maxLength characters long. You entered: $text.length characters")
                         (continuation text)))
-                minLength
                 maxLength))
+        ((VarText maxLength)
+            (unless maxLength (set maxLength Math.POSITIVE_INFINITY))
+            (let [collectedText
+                        []
+                    &mut :Void->Void enterTextAgain
+                        null
+                    _enterTextAgain
+                        ->:Void
+                            (ui.enterText
+                                "${arg.name} (up to ${maxLength} characters):"
+                                (lambda :Void [text]
+                                    (if !text
+                                            (continuation collectedText)
+                                        (if !(<= text.length maxLength)
+                                                (ui.reportError "The requested command expected a list of strings up to $maxLength characters long. You entered: $text.length characters")
+                                            {(collectedText.push text)
+                                                (enterTextAgain)})))
+                                maxLength)]
+                (set enterTextAgain _enterTextAgain)
+                (enterTextAgain)))
         ((Number min max inStepsOf)
             (unless min (set min Math.NEGATIVE_INFINITY))
             (unless max (set max Math.POSITIVE_INFINITY))
@@ -100,7 +118,8 @@
                     (exprCase type
                         ((exprOr SelectedEntry OneEntry) `:nat.Entry ,name)
                         ((exprOr (SelectedEntries _ _) (Entries _ _)) `:Array<nat.Entry> ,name)
-                        ((Text _ _) `:String ,name)
+                        ((Text _) `:String ,name)
+                        ((VarText _) `:Array<String> ,name)
                         ((Number _ _ _) `:Float ,name)))
             commandArgs
                 (for [name type] argPairs
diff --git a/src/nat/ArchiveUI.hx b/src/nat/ArchiveUI.hx
index 98cbd5d..3b15248 100644
--- a/src/nat/ArchiveUI.hx
+++ b/src/nat/ArchiveUI.hx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ interface ArchiveUI {
     /**
      * Prompt the user to enter text
      */
-    function enterText(prompt:String, resolve:(String) -> Void, minLength:Int, maxLength:Float):Void;
+    function enterText(prompt:String, resolve:(String) -> Void, maxLength:Float):Void;
 
     /**
      * Prompt the user to enter a number
diff --git a/src/nat/CLI.kiss b/src/nat/CLI.kiss
index e128691..28bc623 100644
--- a/src/nat/CLI.kiss
+++ b/src/nat/CLI.kiss
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 
 (defnew [])
 
-(defmethod :Void enterText [prompt resolve minLength maxLength]
+(defmethod :Void enterText [prompt resolve maxLength]
     (Sys.print "$prompt ")
     (loop
         (let [entered (.toString (.readLine (Sys.stdin)))]
-            (if !(<= minLength entered.length maxLength)
+            (if !(<= entered.length maxLength)
                     (Sys.print "Try again? ")
                 {(resolve entered)
                     (break)}))))
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
                         ([] (chooseEntry "name $name doesn't match any entries. Try again?" archive resolve))
                         // TODO disambiguate entries with the same names by listing stringified versions of them and using enterNumber
                         (multipleEntries (throw "ambiguous between multiple entries")))))}
-        0 Math.POSITIVE_INFINITY))
+        Math.POSITIVE_INFINITY))
 
 (defmethod :Void chooseEntries [prompt archive resolve min max]
     (_chooseEntries prompt archive resolve min max []))