Zeta function the the orime counting function

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i have a question about the relation between the riemann zeta function and the prime counting function . one starts with the formal definition of zeta :
[tex]\zeta (s)=\prod_{p}\frac{1}{1-p^{-s}}[/tex]
then :
[tex]ln(\zeta (s))= -\sum_{p}ln(1-p^{-s})=\sum_{p}\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{p^{-sn}}{n}[/tex]

using the trick :
[tex]p^{-sn}=s\int_{p^{n}}^{\infty}x^{-s-1}dx[/tex]
then :
[tex]\frac{ln\zeta (s)}{s} = \sum_{p}\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\int_{p^{n}}^{\infty}x^{-s-1}dx[/tex]
up until now, things make perfect sense , but the following line is mysterious to me :

[tex]\frac{\ln\zeta(s)}{s}=\int_{0}^{\infty}f(x)x^{-s-1}dx[/tex]

where [itex]f(x)[/itex] is the weighted-prime counting function .
how is this formula derived ??
 
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i have done a mistake
[tex]\frac{ln\zeta (s)}{s} = \sum_{p}\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\frac{1}{n}\int_{p^{n}}^{\infty}x^{-s-1}dx[/tex]

after some digging , the integral follows from the fact , that for any function [itex]g(x)[/itex] :

[tex]\sum_{p}\int_{p^{n}}^{\infty}g(x)dx= \int_{0}^{\infty} \pi(x^{1/n}) g(x)dx[/tex]

[itex]\pi(x)[/itex] being the prime counting function .
but this line isn't so clear to me !