WebSphere: French Character Problem in created file

# cat start_was.sh
#!/bin/sh

echo "Set Locale to use en_US.UTF-8"

LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8; export LC_ALL

locale

cd /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin
echo "Starting IBM Deployment Manager"
./startManager.sh -profileName $1

echo "Starting NodeAgent"
./startNode.sh -profileName $2

echo "Starting WAS"
./startServer.sh -profileName $2 server1

locale