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On CentOS: how to find out which package contains a specific command?

You want to find out which package contains a specific command like convert, how to find out this?

Simple, you can use yum to find:

yum whatprovides '*bin/convert'

Result:

[root@tutorialspots ~]# yum whatprovides '*bin/convert'
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ImageMagick-6.7.8.9-15.el7_2.i686 : An X application for displaying and
                                  : manipulating images
Repo        : base
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/convert



ImageMagick-6.7.8.9-15.el7_2.x86_64 : An X application for displaying and
                                    : manipulating images
Repo        : base
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/convert



ImageMagick-7.0.8-12.x86_64 : Use ImageMagick to convert, edit, or compose
     ...: bitmap images in a variety of formats.  In addition resize, rotate,
     ...: shear, distort and transform images.
Repo        : installed
Matched from:
Filename    : /usr/bin/convert