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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35778: scripted-diff: Use C.UTF-8 locale in all shell scripts

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Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#35778: scripted-diff: Use C.UTF-8 locale in all shell scripts

46654094beefb6d41cad477fc63e8ddbaa5387a2 lint: Use C.UTF-8 locale only in shell scripts (Hennadii Stepanov)
982ee649381f234507e8286f9ca55239a69c1ad7 lint: Skip `libmultiprocess` subtree in `lint-shell-locale.py` (Hennadii Stepanov)
1194918a5d9c4aad1f7a8b9ab2c29666f89c4052 scripted-diff: Use C.UTF-8 locale in all shell scripts (Hennadii Stepanov)

Pull request description:

This unifies the used locales across the entire codebase.

Additionally, the `test/lint/lint-shell-locale.py` linter has been adjusted accordingly.

Also see https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/35775#issuecomment-5047323736.

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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit simply changes every shell script in the project from using the plain 'C' locale to the 'C.UTF-8' locale, and updates the project's linter to enforce the new standard. It is a code-quality and consistency change, not a security fix. There is no indication it addresses any vulnerability or security incident.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal code-quality/linting consistency change.

Security signals we found

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Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
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