def cli_execute(self, cmd):
        """ sends the command to the CLI to be executed """

        try:
            args = parse_quotes(cmd)

            if args and args[0] == 'feedback':
                self.config.set_feedback('yes')
                self.user_feedback = False

            azure_folder = get_config_dir()
            if not os.path.exists(azure_folder):
                os.makedirs(azure_folder)
            ACCOUNT.load(os.path.join(azure_folder, 'azureProfile.json'))
            CONFIG.load(os.path.join(azure_folder, 'az.json'))
            SESSION.load(os.path.join(azure_folder, 'az.sess'), max_age=3600)

            invocation = self.cli_ctx.invocation_cls(cli_ctx=self.cli_ctx,
                                                     parser_cls=self.cli_ctx.parser_cls,
                                                     commands_loader_cls=self.cli_ctx.commands_loader_cls,
                                                     help_cls=self.cli_ctx.help_cls)

            if '--progress' in args:
                args.remove('--progress')
                execute_args = [args]
                thread = Thread(target=invocation.execute, args=execute_args)
                thread.daemon = True
                thread.start()
                self.threads.append(thread)
                self.curr_thread = thread

                progress_args = [self]
                thread = Thread(target=progress_view, args=progress_args)
                thread.daemon = True
                thread.start()
                self.threads.append(thread)
                result = None
            else:
                result = invocation.execute(args)

            self.last_exit = 0
            if result and result.result is not None:
                if self.output:
                    self.output.write(result)
                    self.output.flush()
                else:
                    formatter = self.cli_ctx.output.get_formatter(self.cli_ctx.invocation.data['output'])
                    self.cli_ctx.output.out(result, formatter=formatter, out_file=sys.stdout)
                    self.last = result

        except Exception as ex:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
            self.last_exit = handle_exception(ex)
        except SystemExit as ex:
            self.last_exit = int(ex.code)
sends the command to the CLI to be executed