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How do I fix a “Problem with MergeList” error when trying to do an update?

I click on software center and it opens and closes so i tried to reinstall it in terminal and i get this error how do i fix this ?

Reading package lists... Error!  
E: Encountered a section with no Package: header  
E: Problem with MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages  
E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
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Looks like you have a corrupt file. Fortunately it can be thrown away and reloaded with afew simple commands:

sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/security.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_quantal-security_universe_binary-i386_Packages
sudo apt-get update
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