How Can I Quickly Calculate This Integral Without Integration by Parts?

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I feel embarassed for asking, but is there a fast way to calculate this without using integration by parts?

[tex]\int[/tex] 2e^(-2x)x^-1dx, 0 <= x < infinity

There's supposed to be some kind of trick, right?
 
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[tex] \int_0^\infty\frac{2e^{-2x}}{x}\,dx=\infty.[/tex]
 
Sorry but how is this related to PDFs?