Run python script in terminal at login

Question

I have written a python script which contains a menu in an infinite loop. My goal is start the script in terminal when a user logs in and start interacting with it. I have created a launcher.sh file which will execute on startup and registered it in crontab. However, when system reboots it gives following error:

1: START
2: POWEROFF
Please make a choice: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "menu.py", line 27, in <module>
    main()
  File "menu.py", line 16, in main
    choice = input ("Please make a choice: ")
EOFError: EOF when reading a line

Here is my script:

#!/usr/bin/python3
def main():
    while True:
        print("1: START")
        print("2: POWEROFF")
        choice = input ("Please make a choice: ")
        print(choice)
        ... other operations

Here is my launcher.sh file:

#!/bin/sh
# launcher.sh
cd /home/rao/Desktop/project
sudo python3 menu.py
cd /

And crontab line:

@reboot sh /home/rao/Desktop/project/launcher.sh >> /home/rao/Desktop/project/logs/status.log 2>&1

Where am I going wrong?

Answer 1

It worked when I put the following command in Startup Applications

x-terminal-emulator -e "python3 /path-to-script/menu.py"