what is the command to paste in emacs

The command to paste in Emacs is Ctrl + y (written as C-y in Emacs notation). This command yanks (pastes) the most recently killed or copied text at the cursor position

How to paste in Emacs:

• After copying or cutting text (for example, using M-w to copy or C-w to cut), move the cursor to the desired location.
• Press C-y to paste the text there

Additional notes:

• If you want to use more familiar Windows-like shortcuts (Ctrl + v for paste), you can enable cua-mode in Emacs, which remaps keys to standard cut/copy/paste keys (C-x, C-c, C-v)

• In terminal mode or when using Emacs inside a terminal emulator, pasting might require terminal-specific keybindings like Shift + Insert or terminal clipboard utilities

In summary, the standard Emacs paste command is:

Ctrl + y

which yanks text from the kill ring to the current cursor position