Merging unaligned bam files

Question

[irfanwustl]

I have two WGBS unaligned bam files (fastq files stored as unaligned bam). I am wondering can I merge those files? Does samtools merge works for unaligned bams?

Thanks

[Gabriel R.]

What is wrong with samtools cat?

Answer 1

[ATpoint]

merge combines data while respecting sort order, but as you do not have any you can simply concatenate them with samtools cat.