Limit of Sequence of Distributions

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Define

$$f_k=\sum_{n=1}^{k}\delta_n$$

Show that the limit of $f_k$ exists as a distribution. Find a locally integrable function $F$ such that the distributional derivative of $F$ is the limit of $f_k$

This is what I've managed so far:

$\delta_n$ is the distributional derivative of $H(x-n)$

let $F=\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}H(x-n)= \begin{cases} \lfloor x \rfloor & \text{if $x\geq0$} \\ 0 & \text{otherwise} \end{cases}$

$-\langle F, \phi'\rangle=-\int_{\mathbb{R}} (\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}H(x-n))\phi'(x) \ dx = -\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (\int_{\mathbb{R}}H(x-n)\phi'(x) \ dx)$

Integrate by parts:

$-\sum_{n=1}^{\infty} (\int_{\mathbb{R}}H(x-n)\phi'(x) \ dx) = -\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(-\int_{\mathbb{R}}\delta_n\phi(x) \ dx \ + \ [H(x-n)\phi(x)]_{x=-\infty}^{x=\infty})$

The boundary terms go to $0$ because of compact support

$\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}(\int_{\mathbb{R}}\delta_n\phi(x) \ dx) = \int_{\mathbb{R}}(\sum_{n=1}^{\infty}\delta_n)\phi(x) \ dx=\langle f_k,\phi \rangle$

Any help is appreciated!