As far as I understand the problem -
(from template toolkit)

[% FOREACH item IN items %]

    [% IF loop.first %]

      <ul> 

    [% END %]

        <li>[% item %] ([% loop.count %] of [% loop.size %])</li>

    [% IF loop.last %]

      </ul>

    [% END %]

[% END %]
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