The command form for using the merge option is shown below.
bsort -m [ -h ] -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 fldsep ] | [ -S fldsep-hex ] } [ -L line-delimiter ] [ -R skiprec-no [ ,skiprec-no...] ] [ -p sel-def [ ,sel-def...] ] [ -e recon-def [ ,recon-def...] ] { [ -u ] | [ -g sum-def [ ,sum-def...] ] } [ -a argfile ] { -w | -o outfile [ -o outfile...] } [ -F ofs,ifs [ /ownername ] [ ,ifs [ /ownername ]...] ] [ -I index-flg ] [ -X index-def [ ,index-def...] ] infile [ infile...] [ -q cdmode ] [ -Q altmode ] [ -x col-def [ ,col-def...] ]