import subprocess


def execute_cmd(parms_string, quiet=False):
    r"""
    Run CLI standard tool or scripts.

    Description of variable:
    parms_string         Command to execute from the current SHELL.
    quiet                do not print tool error message if True
    """

    result = subprocess.run(
        [parms_string],
        stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
        stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
        shell=True,
        universal_newlines=True,
    )

    if result.stderr and not quiet:
        print("\n\t\tERROR with %s " % parms_string)
        print("\t\t" + result.stderr)

    return result.stdout