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find: invalid predicate ERROR

Getting an error:

find: invalid predicate `(-name'


find / -type f -a \(-name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.jpe' -o -name '*.JPE' -o -name '*.JPG' -o -name '*.MOV' -o -name '*.mov' -o -name '*.mpg' -o -name '*.MPG' -o -name '*.mpeg' -o -name '*.mp3' -o -name '*.MP3' -o -name '*.mp4' -o -name '*.MP4' -o -name '*.gif' -o -name '*.GIF' -o -name '*.zip' -o -name '*.flv' -o -name '*.fla' -o -name '*.png' -o -name '*.PNG' -o -name '*.pdf' -o -name '*.PDF' -o -name '*.swf' -o -name '*.SWF' -o -name '*.wma' -o -name '*.WMA' -o -name '*.wmv' -o -name '*.WMV' -o -name '*.wav' -o -name '*.WAV' -o -name '*.avi' -o -name '*.AVI' -o -name '*.bmp' -o -name '*.BMP'\) -a  -atime +90 > oldfiles.txt

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find / -type f -a -name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.jpe' -o -name '*.JPE' -o -name '*.JPG' -o -name '*.MOV' -o -name '*.mov' -o -name '*.mpg' -o -name '*.MPG' -o -name '*.mpeg' -o -name '*.mp3' -o -name '*.MP3' -o -name '*.mp4' -o -name '*.MP4' -o -name '*.gif' -o -name '*.GIF' -o -name '*.zip' -o -name '*.flv' -o -name '*.fla' -o -name '*.png' -o -name '*.PNG' -o -name '*.pdf' -o -name '*.PDF' -o -name '*.swf' -o -name '*.SWF' -o -name '*.wma' -o -name '*.WMA' -o -name '*.wmv' -o -name '*.WMV' -o -name '*.wav' -o -name '*.WAV' -o -name '*.avi' -o -name '*.AVI' -o -name '*.bmp' -o -name '*.BMP'  -a  -atime +90 > oldfiles.txt
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Hi Bira... I was told that there was an assumed and and the statement you mentioned would be invalid.

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/22033360/atime-any-pitfalls-to-using-it-to-find-out-last-time-file-accessed.html
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find /home/www/apache2/htdocs -type f -a \( -name '*.jpg' -o -name '*.jpe' -o -name '*.JPE' -o -name '*.JPG' -o -name '*.MOV' -o -name '*.mov' -o -name '*.mpg' -o -name '*.MPG' -o -name '*.mpeg' -o -name '*.mp3' -o -name '*.MP3' -o -name '*.mp4' -o -name '*.MP4' -o -name '*.gif' -o -name '*.GIF' -o -name '*.zip' -o -name '*.flv' -o -name '*.fla' -o -name '*.png' -o -name '*.PNG' -o -name '*.pdf' -o -name '*.PDF' -o -name '*.swf' -o -name '*.SWF' -o -name '*.wma' -o -name '*.WMA' -o -name '*.wmv' -o -name '*.WMV' -o -name '*.wav' -o -name '*.WAV' -o -name '*.avi' -o -name '*.AVI' -o -name '*.bmp' -o -name '*.BMP' \) -a  -atime +90 > oldfiles.txt;