Public bug reported:

If the file "tx" does not exist and the locale is en_US.UTF-8, "rm" will
print:

$ LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rm tx
rm: cannot remove â: No such file or directory
$ LANG=en_US rm tx
rm: cannot remove 'tx': No such file or directory
$ LANG=C rm tx
rm: cannot remove 'tx': No such file or directory

This is in coreutils 8.21-1ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 14.04.

** Affects: coreutils (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  rm command prints non-locale escaped error messages

Status in coreutils package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  If the file "tx" does not exist and the locale is en_US.UTF-8, "rm"
  will print:

  $ LANG=en_US.UTF-8 rm tx
  rm: cannot remove â: No such file or directory
  $ LANG=en_US rm tx
  rm: cannot remove 'tx': No such file or directory
  $ LANG=C rm tx
  rm: cannot remove 'tx': No such file or directory

  This is in coreutils 8.21-1ubuntu5.4 on Ubuntu 14.04.

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