You're a C programmer, aren't you?

open(TEMPLATE, "template.html") or die $!;
my $xtemplate = join '', <TEMPLATE>;
close (TEMPLATE);

# your markers
my @markers = qw(TITLE STUFF);

# your replacement values, arrayisized (ITS A WORD I TELL YOU!)
my @replace = qw(meep narf);

$xtemplate =~ s/\*{4}$markers[$_]\*{4}/$replace[$_]/g
    for (0 .. $#markers);

# your formatted result
print $xtemplate;
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