hello, is there a way to seperate commands that are on the same line?

ie: echo "yes count(*)>0:" $passvar > dsp cat dsp cat dsp > log

i'm trying to put these 3 commands on the same line, but when i do they all get concatenated into 1 lieteral

if i put the cat commands on different lines they work ok, but not when on the same line

is there some kind of seperator that will simulate a sperate line or something like that?

thanks for any insights!
BobK