以下にソート機能を使用する場合のコマンド形式を示します。
bsort [ -s ] [ -h ] [ -v ] -z recsize [ -Z recform ] [ -l msglevel ] [ -y memsize ] [ -G msgfile ] { [ -key-def [ ,key-def...] ] | [ -r ] } [ -T { flt | fix | csv | tsv }[ ,{ n | w | N } bdij ] ] [ -t chars ] [ -L line-delimiter ] [ -R skiprec-no [ ,skiprec-no...] ] [ -p sel-def [ ,sel-def...] ] [ -e recon-def [ ,recon-def...] ] [ -f ] { [ -u ] | [ -g sum-def [ ,sum-def...] ] } [ -a argfile ] { -w | -o outfile [ -o outfile...] } [ -F ofs,ifs [ ,ifs...] ] [ -I flg ] [ -X index-def [ ,index-def...] ] [ infile [ infile...] ] [ -q cdmode ] [ -Q altmode ] [ -x col-def [ ,col-def...] ]