bash: ./filename.bmp permission denied

[Nezar]

hello,
I'm trying to open a .bmp file in the Ubuntu server using the X11 enviroment but i get the following error:
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bash: ./filename.bmp permission denied
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how should i open this kind of files ?

[kbw]

Maybe you should check the file permissions.

But it looks like you're trying to execute the file, which almost certainly isn't executable. Try to open it in the GUI with a program that can open images.