OK I know Perl is the language that lets you do things several different
ways. So with that having been said, how can I convert the while
statement into a subroutine and pas the filehandles to it ?

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
$tiernum = shift or die "usage: tier2 [3,6,8] [1,2] directory-name id
$!\n";
$stylenum = shift or die "usage: tier2 [3,6,8] [1,2] directory-name id
$!\n";
$outdir = shift or die "usage: tier2 [3,6,8] [1,2] directory-name id
$!\n";
$outid = shift or die "usage: tier2 [3,6,8] [1,2] directory-name id
$!\n";
if ($tiernum == 3){
        if($stylenum == 1){
                open(OUT1, "/templates/tier2/3/11.cfm") or die "Can't
open 11.cfm for $outdir: $!\n";
                open(OUTINDEX, ">/outsites/$outdir/index.cfm") or die
"Can't create index:$!\n";
                open(OUT2, "/templates/tier2/3/12.cfm") or die "Can't
open 12.cfm for $outdir: $!\n";
                open(OUTINFO, ">/outsites/$outdir/info.cfm") or die
"Can't create index:$!\n";
                open(OUT3, "/templates/tier2/3/13.cfm") or die "Can't
open 13.cfm for $outdir: $!\n";
                open(OUTCONTACT, ">/outsites/$outdir/contact.cfm") or
die "Can't create index:$!\n";
        }else{
                open(OUT1, "/templates/tier2/3/21.cfm") or die "Can't
open 21.cfm for $outdir: $!\n";
                open(OUTINDEX, ">/outsites/$outdir/index.cfm") or die
"Can't create index:$!\n";
                open(OUT2, "/templates/tier2/3/22.cfm") or die "Can't
open 22.cfm for $outdir: $!\n";
                open(OUTINFO, ">/outsites/$outdir/info.cfm") or die
"Can't create index:$!\n";
                open(OUT3, "/templates/tier2/3/23.cfm") or die "Can't
open 23.cfm for $outdir: $!\n";
                open(OUTCONTACT, ">/outsites/$outdir/contact.cfm") or
die "Can't create index:$!\n";
        }
        while (<OUT1>){
                s/abcdefghijklm/$outid/;
                print OUTINDEX $_;
        }
        close(OUT1) or die "Couldn't close file: $1";
        close(OUTINDEX) or die "Couldn't close file: $1";
        while (<OUT2>){
                s/abcdefghijklm/$outid/;
                print OUTINFO $_;
        }
        close(OUT2) or die "Couldn't close file: $1";
        close(OUTINFO) or die "Couldn't close file: $1";
        while (<OUT3>){
                s/abcdefghijklm/$outid/;
                print OUTCONTACT $_;
        }
        close(OUT3) or die "Couldn't close file: $1";
        close(OUTCONTACT) or die "Couldn't close file: $1";
}
        

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